cupboard
cup·board
cupboard · cupboards · cupboarded · cupboarding
To collect, as into a cupboardTo collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.
UK/ˈkʌbəd/US/ˈkʌbəɹd/
» Please put it in the cupboard.
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1 sensesTo collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.
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. — Fanrin
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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Forms
cupboards, cupboarding, cupboarded, cupboarded| Base form | cupboard · to cupboard |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | cupboards |
| Present participle | cupboarding |
| Past simple | cupboarded |
| Past participle | cupboarded |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle