cupboard

noun

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.

(Western Pennsylvania, UK) A closet for storing coats.

(obsolete) Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food.

(obsolete) A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet. [14th–18th c.]

(obsolete) Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate. [16th–19th c.]

verb

To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.

Synonyms for cupboard

closetn armoiren drawern chiffoniern wardroben dressern sideboardn storeroomn shelfn bookcasen lockern clothespressn credenzan tallboyn

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