English Explanatory Dictionary

cupboard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet.
  2. Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate.
  3. A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.
  4. A closet for storing coats.
  5. Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food.
verb
  1. To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌb.əd/ En-uk-cupboard.ogg /ˈkʌb.ɚd/ en-us-cupboard.ogg /ˈkɐb.əd/ en-au-cupboard.ogg /ˈkʌp.boɹd/ /kəˈbo(r)ɖ/ /kəˈbɜ(r)ɖ/ /ˈkʊbəd/ /ˈkʊbərd/

Word forms

cupboard cupboards cobbarde cobbourd coberde cobord copbord copborde copbourd copbourde copburd copburde couborde cowbard cubbard cubbarde cubberd cubbert cubboard cubboorde cubbord cubborde cupbert cupbard cupboarde cupboord cupbord cupborde cupbourd cupbourde cupburd cupburde cuppord cupporde cupboarding cupboarded

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cuppeborde, cupbord. Equivalent to cup + board. Phonetic variants show that the /p/ in the original forms had assimilated to the present-day /b/ by the 16th century; the etymological spelling has, however, dominated from the 18th century.

Synonyms

pantry larder sideboard

Derived words

airing cupboard boiler cupboard broom cupboard court-cupboard cry cupboard cupboard cloth cupboard door cupboard faith cupboardful cupboardless cupboard library cupboardlike cupboard-like cupboard love cupboard lover cupboard-man cupboardwise cupboardy fume cupboard hot cupboard ice cupboard linen cupboard skeleton in one's cupboard skeleton in the cupboard store cupboard the cupboard is bare

Translations

Afrikaans: kas Albanian: dollap Albanian: bufe Arabic: خِزَانَة Arabic: دلاب Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܘܿܠܵܒܟ̰ܵܐ Armenian: պահարան Assamese: আলমাৰী Asturian: almariu Azerbaijani: şkaf Basque: armairu Belarusian: ша́фа Bengali: আলমারি Bulgarian: бюфе́т Bulgarian: шкаф Catalan: armari Catalan: calaixera Cebuano: aparador Chichewa: m'kabati Chinese Cantonese: 櫃 /柜 Chinese Mandarin: 櫥櫃 /橱柜 Chinese Mandarin: 櫃子 /柜子 Chinese Mandarin: 碗櫃 /碗柜 Cornish: amary Czech: skříň Danish: skab Central Dusun: lamari Dutch: kast Emilian: armèri Emilian: armàri Esperanto: ŝranko Estonian: kapp Farefare: kobɔɔtɩ Finnish: astiakaappi Finnish: kaappi French: placard French: armoire North Frisian: schååp Galician: armario Galician: alacena Galician: cunqueiro Georgian: კარადა German: Schrank German: Gänterli Greek: ντουλάπι Greek: ερμάριο Hebrew: ארון Hebrew: ארונית Hebrew: מִזְנוֹן Hiligaynon: kabinet Hindi: अलमारी Hungarian: szekrény Icelandic: skápur Ido: armoro Indonesian: lemari
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