: a closet with shelves where dishes, utensils, or food is kept
also
: a small closet
Examples of cupboard in a Sentence
the colonial dining room features a double-door corner cupboard for the family's finest china
dishes go in the cupboard next to the sink
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Leave them in a cupboard, checking every few days.
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Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 8 Feb. 2026
For the most part, the couple prefers to salvage secondhand furniture, such as their cannonball rope bed and the 19th-century cupboard and settle bench the previous owners left behind.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 7 Feb. 2026
Stand the box upright so the lid opens outward like a cupboard door.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2026
So here are the details of this strange creation, which combines old and new elements pulled from the Bugatti parts cupboard.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026
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Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 8 Feb. 2026
For the most part, the couple prefers to salvage secondhand furniture, such as their cannonball rope bed and the 19th-century cupboard and settle bench the previous owners left behind.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 7 Feb. 2026
Stand the box upright so the lid opens outward like a cupboard door.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2026
So here are the details of this strange creation, which combines old and new elements pulled from the Bugatti parts cupboard.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cupboard
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“Cupboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cupboard. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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cupboard
noun
cup·board
ˈkəb-ərd 
: a closet with shelves for cups, dishes, or food
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