cupboard
A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing…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.
» Please put it in the cupboard.
Meaning
5 sensesA 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.
Küchenschrank
(Pennsylvania, UK, Western)A closet for storing coats.
(obsolete)A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet.
(obsolete)Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate.
(obsolete)Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food.
- a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
Examples
116 sentencesPlease put it in the cupboard.
Put the dishes in the cupboard.
Tom stacked the dishes in the cupboard.
There wasn't much to eat in the cupboard.
There were several broken cups in the cupboard.
ruВ шкафу было несколько разбитых чашек.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English cuppeborde, cupbord. By surface analysis, cup + board. PhoneInherited from Middle English cuppeborde, cupbord. By surface analysis, cup + board. Phonetic variants show that the /p/ in the original forms had assimilated to the present-day /b/ by the 16th century; the etymological spelling has, however, dominated from the 18th century.
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