pantry
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- noun
- /ˈpæntri/
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despensa
- Our pantry is overflowing with canned goods and dry pasta.
How is the food pantry going since we last spoke?
- How is the food pantry going since we last spoke?
- And we would all creep into the pantry when you guys weren't looking.
- She was in the pantry this whole time.
- OK, moving on is our main pantry cabinet.
- So there was a whole pantry filled with like equally broke containers.
- So I want to do that or maybe a pantry tour because I eat sometimes weird food.
Examples
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Until he died, she kept the pantry stocked with the pistachios he adored.
Fiction book (1991) -
All that could be heard was the soft scurry of mice in the pantry, taking their part in Thanksgiving.
Fiction book (1995) -
Just took it from the pantry, sir.
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Did you know that your pantry can double as a medicine cabinet?
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This can go in the pantry.
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I should have stocked my pantry earlier.
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One of the shutters on the pantry is broken and I need you to fix it.
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You'll find it in the pantry, So please eat carefully.
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I've got a box in the pantry.
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In the bottom cupboard of the pantry, there was a toolbox.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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A place where people keep things until they need them
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A piece of furniture with shelves or drawers for storing things
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An underground room for storing food, wine, or other items
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A cabinet with shelves for storing dishes or food
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A room where people keep extra things not used every day
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A room where you keep things you do not use often
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A cupboard in a kitchen for storing dishes and food
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A small room next to the kitchen where people wash and keep pots and pans
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A piece of furniture with shelves or drawers for dishes
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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 room in a house for keeping food and kitchen items
A small room near the kitchen where drinks and preserves are made and stored
A small room where people store food and drink in a house
A small room in a house for storing things or quiet activities
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Etymology
Pantry comes from the Latin word panis meaning 'bread', and it shares the same root as companion, which originally meant someone you 'share bread with'. That's why a pantry is a small room or cupboard for keeping food.