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pan·try 
[pan-tree] Pronunciation Key
[pan-tree] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -tries.
| 1. | a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept. |
| 2. | a room between the kitchen and dining room in which food is arranged for serving, glassware and dishes are stored, etc. |
| 3. | a shelter or other place where food is dispensed to the needy, either as groceries or as meals. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME panetrie < AF; OF paneterie bread room, equiv. to panet(er) to bake bread (deriv. of pan bread < L pānis) + -erie -ery]
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| pan·try
(pān'trē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. pan·tries
[Middle English pantrie, from Old French paneterie, bread-closet, from panetier, pantry servant, from pan, bread, from Latin pānis; see pā- in Indo-European roots.] |
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c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. panetrie (O.Fr. paneterie) "bread room," from M.L. panataria "office or room of a servant who has charge of food" (lit. "bread"), from L. panis "bread" (see food). Sense in Eng. has evolved so far that its roots in "bread" are no longer felt.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Pan"try\, n.; pl. Pantries. [OE. pantrie, F. paneterie, fr. panetier pantler, LL. panetarius baker, panetus small loaf of bread, L. panis bread. Cf. Company, Pannier, Pantler.] An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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