: 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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But as recently as two years ago, the Boston pitching cupboard was almost bare.
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
The burger was never refrigerated and spent most of its life in cupboards, garbage bags and sheds.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Clean out food storage containers with hot water and soap, and vacuum or scrub your cupboards.
—Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
Instead, your tools sit in cupboards and drawers waiting for a dinner party that never happens.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
The burger was never refrigerated and spent most of its life in cupboards, garbage bags and sheds.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Clean out food storage containers with hot water and soap, and vacuum or scrub your cupboards.
—Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
Instead, your tools sit in cupboards and drawers waiting for a dinner party that never happens.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 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 12 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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