airing cupboard

noun

British
: a heated cupboard in which sheets, towels, clothes, etc., are kept warm and dry

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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. Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2025

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“Airing cupboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airing%20cupboard. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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