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cupboard

[kuhb-erd]

noun

  1. a closet with shelves for dishes, cups, etc.

  2. Chiefly British.any small closet or cabinet, as for clothes, food, or the like.



cupboard

/ ˈʌə /

noun

  1. a piece of furniture or a recessed area of a room, with a door concealing storage space

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cupboard1

First recorded in 1275–1325, cupboard is from the Middle English word cuppebord. See cup, board
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A high school was evacuated after "potentially harmful chemicals" were found in a science department store cupboard.

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The Scottish singer-songwriter nurtured those claws as a teenager, after discovering a dusty nylon-stringed guitar in a cupboard at their grandmother's house.

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No, she had a little cupboard that she just put them in, but I just kind of forgot about them.

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There were nostalgic street parties, but when younger generations hear about "spam" they'll be thinking about their email rather than the food cupboard.

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But an Edinburgh band managed to get one of their songs on the siblings' famous reality show - having recorded it in a cupboard.

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