1
: a place where food is stored : pantry
2
: a supply of food
Examples of larder in a Sentence
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In addition, the chefs dug into their culinary larders, adding personal touches.
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2024
In 2020, during lockdown, some restaurants opened their larders to stay afloat, selling their go-to olive oils and anchovies.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Caves became homes and lagoons became larders (and in some cases, both still are today).
—Vogue, 17 Feb. 2023
Gemma's body in the trunk at the foot of the bed and move it to the game larder.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023
And York St John University opened a larder for students just before Christmas, offering free food, toiletries and stationary to help students with the cost of living.
—Nick Morrison, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
For a wasp, the large butterfly is clearly the better investment, as a hitchhike would lead it to a gigantic larder for its young.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2010
The females treat turtle nests like their own private larder.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2011
In the early 1900s, putting a piece of bedsheet or nightshirt in the larder (food-storage cupboard) was supposed to bring plentiful food.
—Christina Barron, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2023
Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2024
In 2020, during lockdown, some restaurants opened their larders to stay afloat, selling their go-to olive oils and anchovies.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Caves became homes and lagoons became larders (and in some cases, both still are today).
—Vogue, 17 Feb. 2023
Gemma's body in the trunk at the foot of the bed and move it to the game larder.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023
And York St John University opened a larder for students just before Christmas, offering free food, toiletries and stationary to help students with the cost of living.
—Nick Morrison, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
For a wasp, the large butterfly is clearly the better investment, as a hitchhike would lead it to a gigantic larder for its young.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2010
The females treat turtle nests like their own private larder.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2011
In the early 1900s, putting a piece of bedsheet or nightshirt in the larder (food-storage cupboard) was supposed to bring plentiful food.
—Christina Barron, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2023
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larder
noun
lar·der
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: a place where foods are kept
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