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as in cabinet
a storage case typically having doors and shelves
dishes go in the cupboard next to the sink
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Recent Examples of cupboard
Upgrade a Laundry Room Vent holes in a laundry room might call to mind a traditional airing cupboard, but perhaps counterintuitively, that term actually refers to a heated cupboard for keeping towels dry rather than one in which air freely circulates.
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Monika Biegler Eyers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 June 2026
The cupboards were nearly bare.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
In sharp contrast to that visual, Neil is surrounded by narrow cupboards with books filling shelves and floral curtains giving the room a soft air.
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Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
17 June 2026
In the laundry room, cake stands lined the top of a cupboard original to the house, which held more dishes, cookbooks, and cleaning supplies in its cabinets.
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Dan Shaw,
Martha Stewart,
8 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for cupboard
Monika Biegler Eyers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 June 2026
The cupboards were nearly bare.
—
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
In sharp contrast to that visual, Neil is surrounded by narrow cupboards with books filling shelves and floral curtains giving the room a soft air.
—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
17 June 2026
In the laundry room, cake stands lined the top of a cupboard original to the house, which held more dishes, cookbooks, and cleaning supplies in its cabinets.
—
Dan Shaw,
Martha Stewart,
8 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for cupboard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cupboard
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Tomato and egg stir-fry is an easy recipe that can be thrown together with common pantry staples in 10 minutes and is delicious enough to be in your weeknight dinner rotation.
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If your laundry detergent just isn't cutting it, leaving your sheets with odors and dull colors, reach into your pantry for a bottle of vinegar.
Noun
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The Laneige Lip Sleeping mask is one of my medicine cabinet staples.
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While Korean skincare has slowly but surely taken over our medicine cabinets, Korean makeup is starting to make its way into the rest of our routine.
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There's also a walk-in pantry, a laundry closet with appliances, and a powder room featuring a custom pedestal vanity.
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Other pleasures are the fireplaces in the bedroom and living room (one wood burning, one decorative), original crown moldings, and the in-unit washer-dryer combo tucked away in a closet.
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Instead, his locker was cleared out by the time reporters entered the Yankees’ clubhouse, leaving Boone to answer for the ejection.
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The very pair from the game is still in Anunoby’s locker.
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“Cupboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cupboard. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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