Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Canada, UK, US)A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.

    Speisekammer, Vorratskammer

    кладова́яkladovája, кладо́вкаkladóvka, чула́нčulán

    комо́раkomóra, комірчи́наkomirčýna, комі́ркаkomírka

  2. (Hong Kong)A break room.

More definitions
  • a small storeroom for storing foods or wines

Examples

72 sentences
  1. There is nothing in our pantry.

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  2. There's some dog food in the pantry.

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  3. There wasn't much to eat in the pantry.

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  4. Let's see what we have in the pantry.

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  5. I found this in the back of the pantry.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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storage room:
Русский
By meaning 1
storage room:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
storage room:

Origin

From Middle English panetrie, from Old French paneterie, related to Latin panis (“bread”).

From Middle English panetrie, from Old French paneterie, related to Latin panis (“bread”).

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Forms

plural: pantries
Singularpantry
Pluralpantries

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
closet:cupboardA2pressB1larderkitchen closet
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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