larder
1
7.7
- noun
- /ˈlɑrdər/
- Archaic
:
almacén
- I've shown this quite a few times, but this is like like we call it like a larder, larder lard.
Examples
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On the fifth day, by Aunt Tanya's nervous slipper-shuffling, and because of how often she would lead Mama away into the larder for grown-up conversations, Kotya knew that the most important thing was about to happen.
Fiction book (2001) -
It wasn't killed in the larder like the other animals.
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Open the larder door and in with the cream; once we found a dead mouse in the cream.
Fiction book (1990) -
The Spanish servants in her house began to open the larder as if it were the cabinet of an Egyptologist.
Fiction book (2001) -
I know you've got a ham down there; I saw it hanging in the larder.
Fiction book (1991) -
A larder?
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The room used to be Mrs. Pahula's larder, and Bubby used to be Mr. Pahula's mother, from up the line, in Slabtown.
Fiction book (1991) -
Our larder was a footlocker of canned goods, which we supplemented with locally bought food such as rice and, occasionally, a cuscus or tree wallaby, brought in by a hunter and cooked over a small fire.
Academic text (2002) -
You're marrying into a maxi-wealthy family, brought home by Chet to meet Mama, Papa, and the Borzoi hound, and your distant relatives start landing on them asking for directions to their larder.
Fiction book (1994) -
The chef kept all the ingredients for the stew in the larder to ensure they were fresh.
Synonyms
79
1.0
A cabinet with shelves for storing dishes or food
76
1.0
A small room or cupboard in a house where people keep food and dishes
38
1.8
A room where people keep extra things not used every day
29
1.6
A room where you keep things you do not use often
5
1.6
A cupboard in a kitchen for storing dishes and food
1
9.9
A small cupboard set into a wall in a church or old house for storing things
A small room in a house for keeping food and kitchen items
A small room where people store food and drink in a house
A small room near the kitchen where drinks and preserves are made and stored
A room in a large old house where staff make and store drinks, jams, and tea
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Etymology
Larder comes from a word for lard ('fat' or 'bacon') and originally named the cupboard or small room where people kept preserved meat. That's why larder still means a small room or cupboard used for storing food.