Synonyms for cupboard


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhb-erd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌb ərd


Définition of cupboard

Origin :
  • late 14c., "a board or table to place cups and like objects," from cup (n.) + board (n.1). As a type of closed cabinet for food, etc., from early 16c.
  • noun storage cabinet
Example sentences :
  • Now this cupboard had been the lumber-room in Caleb's household.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It was the neatest, best-stored Ritualistic cupboard in Bumsteadville.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 » by Various
  • Lyddy stood by the cupboard, lookin' straight at the glass spoon-holder.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • It had also that peculiar smell of cupboard which seems to come of poverty.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • Why, for all I know, there may be one of them under that bed, inside that cupboard.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • With a struggle he muttered, "The bottle, the bottle, in the cupboard behind you."
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • A hat with silver braiding hangs above them in the cupboard.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • But the mystery of that hut, that cupboard, did more to keep him calm than anything else.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Charlie stood gazing at the contents of the cupboard for some moments.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Geoff followed her, after depositing his bag in the cupboard.
  • Extract from : « Great Uncle Hoot-Toot » by Mrs. Molesworth

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