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Cupboard

/ˈkʌbəd/

A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet.

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📖 Definitions of "Cupboard"

noun

1
A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet.
2
Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate.
3
A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.
"Put the cups back into the cupboard."
4
Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food.

🔄 Synonyms of "Cupboard"

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Word	Definition
closetnoun	A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cupboard"

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Word	Definition
closetnoun	A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
pantrynoun	A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.
dressernoun	(US) An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.
credenzanoun	A sideboard or buffet.
lockernoun	A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers.
wardrobenoun	(figuratively) A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
cabinetnoun	A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
shelfnoun	A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
chestnoun	(anatomy) The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.
cribnoun	(US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
cubiclenoun	A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.
doornoun	(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
storeroomnoun	A room used for storage.
fireplacenoun	An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
backseatnoun	Alternative spelling of back seat. [Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle.]
buffetnoun	Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
backwaternoun	(idiomatic, usually figurative) A remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place.
containernoun	An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
shelvingnoun	Shelves collectively.
placardnoun	A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.