cupboard
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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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cupboard (ˈkʌbəd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| a piece of furniture or a recessed area of a room, with a door concealing storage space | |
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Cupboard
is always a great word to know.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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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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Example sentences
Such self-serving eyewash with more than a dash of arm-twisting adds up to something of an empty cupboard in the ideas department.
Paula had several crocks of vinegar in various stages of development, as well as a cupboard filled with bottles of aging vinegar.
One attaches permanently, out of view, beneath the cupboard.
Luckily, my ever-overstocked cupboard revealed a can of salted, roasted almonds.
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