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cup⋅board
[kuhb-erd] 
ərd
–noun
| 1. | a closet with shelves for dishes, cups, etc. |
| 2. | Chiefly British. any small closet or cabinet, as for clothes, food, or the like. |
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| cup·board (kŭb'ərd) n. A closet or cabinet, usually with shelves for storing food, crockery, and utensils. |
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Cupboard
Cup"board\ (k[u^]b"b[~e]rd), n. [Cup + board.]1. A board or shelf for cups and dishes. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet. Cupboard love, interested love, or that which has an eye to the cupboard. "A cupboard love is seldom true." --Poor Robin. [Colloq.] To cry cupboard, to call for food; to express hunger. [Colloq.] "My stomach cries cupboard." --W. Irving.Cupboard
Cup"board\, v. t. To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard. [R.] --Shak.
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Language Translation for : cupboard
Spanish:
armario,
German:
der Schrank,
Japanese:
食器だな
cupboard
type of furniture that originated in the Middle Ages as a board or table for cups. The word also may have been used for a stepped sideboard and later for open shelves, both to display plate. Since the 16th century the name has referred to a case fitted with doors.
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