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cupboard
[kuhb-erd]
noun
a closet with shelves for dishes, cups, etc.
Chiefly British.any small closet or cabinet, as for clothes, food, or the like.
cupboard
/ ˈʌə /
noun
a piece of furniture or a recessed area of a room, with a door concealing storage space
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
A high school was evacuated after "potentially harmful chemicals" were found in a science department store cupboard.
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.
No, she had a little cupboard that she just put them in, but I just kind of forgot about them.
There were nostalgic street parties, but when younger generations hear about "spam" they'll be thinking about their email rather than the food cupboard.
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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