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5 dictionary results for: Pantry
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
pan·try       [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
  1. A small room or closet, usually off a kitchen, where food, tableware, linens, and similar items are stored.
  2. A small room used for the preparation of cold foods.


[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.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pantry 
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.

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pantry

noun
a small storeroom for storing foods or wines 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Pantry

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.

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