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Synonyms for larder

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lahr-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɑr dər

Définition of larder

Origin :
  • c.1300, "supply of salt pork, bacon, and other meats," later in reference to the room for processing and storing such (late 14c.), from Anglo-French larder, Old French lardier "a place for meats," from Medieval Latin lardarium "a room for meats," from Latin lardum "lard, bacon" (see lard (n.)). Meaning "department of the royal household or of a monastic house in charge of stored meats" is mid-15c. Surname Lardner "person in charge of a larder" is attested from mid-12c.
  • noun provisions
Example sentences :
  • Their noon meal is long since over; and their larder is not—is not—extensive.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • They had netted some white-fish over night, so their larder was freshly supplied.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • His flock never allowed his cellar or his larder to become empty.
  • Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
  • An inward cellar within the buttery, which may serue for a Larder.
  • Extract from : « The English Husbandman » by Gervase Markham
  • His larder, his cellar, and his barns, were by degrees exhausted.
  • Extract from : « Christmas: Its Origin and Associations » by William Francis Dawson
  • "My larder is but poorly furnished," observed Mrs. Campbell.
  • Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat
  • He has given in his diary some accounts of the lavishness of the Philadelphia larder.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • "Enough for two decent meals in the larder yet, Jimmy," said Frank.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay » by G. Harvey Ralphson
  • Daily his larder and wine-cellar were open to all who wished to eat and drink.
  • Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • But where did you learn that one's larder's full in proportion as one's work's fine?
  • Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James

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