cupboard
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- noun
- /ˈkʌbərd/
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- The dishes are stored in the cupboard above the sink.
- cupboard shelves
- books in the cupboard
- cupboard space
Throw out the junk food in the cupboard and stick to eating real foods.
- Throw out the junk food in the cupboard and stick to eating real foods.
- And finally, the last coat from this cupboard is my white chic wish.
- So your, your pill cupboard is the size of like my room.
- Look, there's two up there in the cupboard, but they're the same make.
- I always have like a real deodorant in my cupboard for like the real sweaty days.
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The bathroom is down the hall on the left and there's some fresh towels in the cupboard by the sink.
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Mother and I had put two chickens to freeze in the porch cupboard three days ago.
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So I actually keep in my little cupboard here a box.
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It's in that top cupboard up there.
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Do you have anything for it in your medicine cupboard?
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This is actually a toy cupboard for the kids.
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In the cupboard by the fridge.
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Throw out the junk food in the cupboard and stick to eating real foods.
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The first cupboard on the right-- the one that says "clean rags".
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One by one she opened the cupboard doors, climbing on a chair to investigate the farthest corners.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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A small space for keeping clothes and other things
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A piece of furniture with shelves or drawers for storing things
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A small room or cupboard in a house where people keep food and dishes
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A small cabinet in a bathroom that holds medicines and first-aid items
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A large cupboard that stands on the floor for storing clothes and household items
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A piece of furniture with shelves and drawers for storing and showing dishes
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A long low cabinet with cupboards for holding dishes or serving food in a dining room
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A cupboard in a kitchen for storing dishes and food
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A piece of furniture with shelves or drawers for dishes
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A cabinet with glass doors for storing and showing fine dishes like teacups
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A cabinet with glass doors for storing and showing plates and cups
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A small room or cupboard for keeping food
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A cupboard that keeps food away from insects and mice
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A small cupboard set into a wall in a church or old house for storing things
A small cabinet with spaces for keeping wine or liquor bottles
A warm cupboard that has a water heater and keeps towels and sheets dry
A small room in a house for keeping food and kitchen items
A small room near the kitchen where drinks and preserves are made and stored
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Etymology
The word cupboard began as the two words cup and board, where board meant a 'shelf' or 'table' for holding cups and dishes. That's why cupboard came to mean a small cabinet or space where we store kitchen items today.