Sekirov Dictionary

cupboard

UK /ˈkʌbəd/US /ˈkʌbəɹd/

noun 5
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 2

noun5

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A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.
- Put the cups back into the cupboard.
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(UK) A closet for storing coats.
- I hung the coat in the cupboard and bided my time. — 2023
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(no longer used) A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet.
- Cupboꝛde of plate or to sette plate upon buffet z ma. — 1530
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(no longer used) Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate.
- But howe comme to pas, / Your cupbord that was / Is tourned to glasse, / From syluere to brasse, / From golde to pewter, / Or els to a newter, / To copper, to tyn, / To lede, or alcumyn? — 1529
(no longer used) Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food.

verb1

To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.

forms

cupboarded · cupboarding · cupboards

Phrases with cupboard

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