[pan-tree] 
| 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. |
| pan·try (pān'trē) 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.] |