cupboard

noun

cup·board ˈkə-bərd

Synonyms of cupboard next

: 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

Recent Examples on the Web Declutter your cupboard by swapping out your stockpots and dutch ovens and saucepots with this all-in-one master, with 10-inch diameter, that can boil, crisp, bake, braise, roast, steam and strain — all while sitting pretty. —

Anna Tingley, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023 Preserving kitchen cabinets often makes both financial and ecological sense, but rare is the person who can fully embrace 1990s cupboards. —

Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023 Some residents have stopped going out altogether, subsisting on whatever was in their cupboards on Oct. 7. —

Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023 This, and the fact that Izzy keeps paper plates and plastic cups in his cupboard instead of actual dishes, upsets Stacy, and the two get into a fight about it. —

Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2023 This recipe also makes good use of that extra box of stuffing mix in the cupboard. —

Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2023 The shape is also a consideration for storage, as some units will not fit in a cupboard. —

Brad Fenson, Field & Stream, 18 Oct. 2023 And there, inside a cupboard cabinet, was Charlotte. —

Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023 As hip-hop myths go, the project is on the same cupboard as Detox and other would-be albums. —

Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023 See More

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