airing cupboard
- noun
- /ˈɛərɪŋ ˈkʌbərd/
- UK
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armario de secado
- After washing the linens, they were neatly folded and stored in the airing cupboard.
A hot press is, is the Irish word for what the English would call an airing cupboard.
- A hot press is, is the Irish word for what the English would call an airing cupboard.
Examples
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The airing cupboard helps to keep our towels soft and fluffy by providing gentle warmth.
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I used my yogurt maker, but a slow cooker on the lowest setting will do, or you can keep the jars in a warm airing cupboard or on a radiator.
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- Just your airing cupboard.
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Put it in a bag of rice in the airing cupboard.
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This, um, airing cupboard is lovely and cosy.
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We can put some of Victor's things in the airing cupboard for the moment.
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Mum calls it the airing cupboard, even though there's hardly any air in it.
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She said it lived in the airing cupboard, and I believed her because it looked a bit like a monster's den.
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I found a spanner in the airing cupboard once, but it wasn't any big surprise.
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Don't force dry them on the radiator or in the airing cupboard, and especially not in the tumble dryer.
Blog text (13)
Synonyms
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1.0
A small space for keeping clothes and other things
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A cabinet with shelves for storing dishes or food
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A machine that removes water from wet clothes using warm air
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a cupboard used for drying clothes' follows directly from combining 'airing' (ventilating/drying) with 'cupboard' (a storage cabinet). This modifier+noun composition is straightforward and compositional, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun airing cupboard comes from old houses where a warm cupboard near the hot water tank let people do the airing of wet clothes and towels so they would dry and stay warm. That's why the phrase means a warm space for 'drying' clothes and keeping linens warm and dry.