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It is possible to do many household cleaning tasks by simply using ingredients from the store cupboard, which are also safer for the environment.
Sheherazade Goldsmith

Meaning of "cupboard" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CUPBOARD

cupboard  [ˈkʌbəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUPBOARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cupboard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CUPBOARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cupboard

Cupboard

A cupboard is a type of storage cabinet, often made of wood, used indoors to store household objects such as food, crockery, textiles and liquor, and protect them from dust and dirt. The term cupboard was originally used to describe an open-shelved side table for displaying plates, cups and saucers. These open cupboards typically had between one and three display tiers, and at the time, a drawer or multiple drawers fitted to them. The word cupboard gradually came to mean a closed piece of furniture. The word cupboard is also frequently used in British English to denote what Americans would call a closet.

Definition of cupboard in the English dictionary

The definition of cupboard in the dictionary is a piece of furniture or a recessed area of a room, with a door concealing storage space.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CUPBOARD


arbored
ˈɑːbəd
beblubbered
bɪˈblʌbəd
chambered
ˈtʃeɪmbəd
Gibberd
ˈɡɪbəd
halberd
ˈhælbəd
laboured
ˈleɪbəd
larboard
ˈlɑːbəd
Lombard
ˈlɒmbəd
membered
ˈmɛmbəd
remembered
rɪˈmembəd
scabbard
ˈskæbəd
starboard
ˈstɑːbəd
tabard
ˈtæbəd
timbered
ˈtɪmbəd
tribade
ˈtrɪbəd
unencumbered
ˌʌnɪnˈkʌmbəd
unincumbered
ˌʌnɪnˈkʌmbəd
unnumbered
ʌnˈnʌmbəd
unremembered
ˌʌnrɪˈmɛmbəd
untimbered
ʌnˈtɪmbəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUPBOARD

cup
Cup Final
cup size
cup tie
cup-holder
cup-tied
cupbearer
cupboard love
cupcake
CUPE
cupel
cupeler
cupellation
cupelled
cupeller
cupelling
cupferron
cupful
cupgall
cuphead

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUPBOARD

aboard
billboard
board
bulletin board
cardboard
clipboard
dashboard
free on board
go by the board
keyboard
leaderboard
message board
motherboard
on board
onboard
outboard
overboard
secretary to the board
skateboard
snowboard
take on board

Synonyms and antonyms of cupboard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CUPBOARD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cupboard» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of cupboard

Translation of «cupboard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUPBOARD

Find out the translation of cupboard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cupboard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cupboard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小橱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aparador
570 millions of speakers

English

cupboard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अलमारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خِزَانَة لِلَأطْبَاق والكُؤوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

буфет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

armário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আলমারি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

placard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Almari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schrank
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

戸棚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

찬장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lemari
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tủ đựng chén bát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அலமாரியில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कपाट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dolap
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

credenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kredens
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

буфет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dulap
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ντουλάπι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skåp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cupboard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUPBOARD»

The term «cupboard» is very widely used and occupies the 20.400 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUPBOARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cupboard

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10 QUOTES WITH «CUPBOARD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cupboard.
1
Rowan Atkinson
I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.
2
Carl Bernstein
In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - exchanging views only with the Pope, and speaking publicly only through carefully written missives on doctrinal issues.
3
Jo Brand
There are two types of people in this world: one who opens a packet of biscuits, has one and puts the rest back in the cupboard, and one who eats the whole packet in one go.
4
Simon Callow
The elderly are all someone's flesh and blood and we cannot just shut them in a cupboard and hand over the responsibility for taking care of them to the state.
5
Dawn French
I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.
6
Thomas Fuller
Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.
7
Sheherazade Goldsmith
It is possible to do many household cleaning tasks by simply using ingredients from the store cupboard, which are also safer for the environment.
8
Arthur Keith
Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction.
9
John Lennon
We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.
10
Penelope Lively
The Photograph is concerned with the power that the past has to interfere with the present: the time bomb in the cupboard.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUPBOARD»

Discover the use of cupboard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cupboard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Indian in the Cupboard
A young man receives two presents that will change his life: a plastic miniature Indian that magically comes to life inside a mysterious old cupboard. From the Hardcover edition.
Lynne Reid Banks, 2010
2
A Guide for Using the Indian in the Cupboard in the Classroom
Offers a literature unit based on the popular story of a young boy who receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and ...
Philip Denny, Karen J. Goldfluss, 1992
3
Cupboard Love 2: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities
From everyday foods to exotic dishes, from the herbs and spices of medieval England to the cooking implements of the modern kitchen, Cupboard Love explores the fascinating stories behind familiar and not-so-familiar gastronomic terms.
Mark Morton, 2004
4
Cub in the Cupboard
Many and James rescue a mother fox from a cruel trap and care for the injured vixen and her mischievous cub while searching for the culprit wh ohad set the trap. Original.
Ben M. Baglio, 1999
5
The Mystery of the Cupboard
In the fourth book in Bank's acclaimed INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD saga, Omri and his family move to an old farmhouse, where he finds an ancient notebook that reveals a family secret-and the mysterious origins of his magical cupboard.
Lynne Reid Banks, 2001
6
Cupboard Kisses
But she cannot understand why the men she meets are so forward. Could it be the company she keeps? CUPBOARD KISSES won Romantic Times magazine's Reviewer's Choice Award and the Best Regency Comedy award.
Barbara Metzger, 2011
7
The Memory Cupboard: A Thanksgiving Story
When Katie breaks a gravy boat at Thanksgiving dinner, her grandmother shows her that love is more important than objects.
Charlotte Herman, 2003
8
The Fox In the Cupboard: A Memoir
It is also the story of a journey between the shifting worlds of town and country, childhood and adulthood, and a chronicle of the extraordinary characters the author met along the way.
Jane Shilling, 2006
9
The Cupboard Under the Stairs: A Boy Trapped in Hell...
There followed a life almost destroyed by their actions. It is the harrowing story of one man's fight for justice and an end to the horrific memories that still haunt him daily.
Paul Mason, 2013
10
Good Food: 101 Store-cupboard Suppers: Triple-tested Recipes
When the fridge is looking a little bare, it's useful to have some reserve ingredients in stock that can easily be transformed into a satisfying meal. 101 Storecupboard Suppers is a collection of quick-fix and economical recipes made with ...
Barney Desmazery, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUPBOARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cupboard is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nurse left patient in cupboard at Victoria Hospital
Later that night at around 3.30am, another nurse noticed that the patient's bed was missing and found him in the store cupboard after realising ... «Dunfermline Press, Jul 15»
2
Sexy Yet Baffling Ingredients You Need In Your Store Cupboard Now
Sexy Yet Baffling Ingredients You Need In Your Store Cupboard Now. The Debrief: Dried herbs, be gone! Things are about to get spicy in the ... «The Debrief, Jul 15»
3
#NWTFire outlook poor; Canada's firefighting cupboard 'bare'
#NWTFire outlook poor; Canada's firefighting cupboard 'bare'. SHARE ON: Ollie Williams — July 6, 2015 · A controlled burn near Enterprise, NWT, in July 2015. «My Yellowknife Now, Jul 15»
4
NOJHL's Cochrane Crunch re-stocking the cupboard after busy off …
COCHRANE - The Cochrane Crunch have been busy this summer re-tooling a few months after a run to the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey ... «Timmins Press, Jul 15»
5
Airing cupboard fire in Haywards Heath destroys second floor of house
A fire thought to have started in an airing cupboard destroyed the top floor of a house this morning. Four fire engines were sent to the property ... «The Argus, Jul 15»
6
Walk & Workshop-'Top 10 Herbs for the Medicine Cupboard'
After the walk you will head back inside for a hands-on talk and demonstration looking at ten essential herbs to keep in your medicine cupboard. You will learn ... «Daily Echo, Jul 15»
7
Hubbard's cupboard
ALEX GIBNEY is a documentary filmmaker known to have specialised in finding skeletons in cupboards. The skeletons in Going Clear: ... «Church Times, Jul 15»
8
Nurse Linda Jackson shut patient in a cupboard for 2 hours at …
A night nurse shut an ill man in a store cupboard and left him there for two hours - to stop his cries of pain 'disturbing other patients'. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
9
Fife nurse put man who was crying in pain in cupboard for two hours
A nurse wheeled a man crying out in pain into a store cupboard and left him there for two hours – to stop him “disturbing other patients”. «The Courier, Jul 15»
10
For future reference: A guide to assisting students via 'Campus …
1) going to the Campus Cupboard website and filling out a request for ... on a table with information on how to access the Campus Cupboard. «UWGB, Jul 15»

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