: 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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The blackout curtains are tucked away in the cupboard; the attic is well-equipped just in case German soldiers invade.
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Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
If your giftee has been storing their cocktail-making supplies on a random shelf or tucked away in a cupboard, give them a way to display them all properly.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Nov. 2025
The dressing rooms were spread over a vast area, with so many acts and solo stars and crew and production, every bathroom and nook and cranny and cupboard under the stairs had a famous rocker lurking inside.
—Stephen Rea, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
Roman encourages you to go off-script, root through your own cupboards, and make small, delicious miracles.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
If your giftee has been storing their cocktail-making supplies on a random shelf or tucked away in a cupboard, give them a way to display them all properly.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Nov. 2025
The dressing rooms were spread over a vast area, with so many acts and solo stars and crew and production, every bathroom and nook and cranny and cupboard under the stairs had a famous rocker lurking inside.
—Stephen Rea, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
Roman encourages you to go off-script, root through your own cupboards, and make small, delicious miracles.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025
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 17 Nov. 2025.
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cupboard
noun
cup·board
ˈkəb-ərd 
: a closet with shelves for cups, dishes, or food
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