cupboard
cup|board /k'ʌbərd/ (cupboards)
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A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
The kitchen cupboard was stocked with tins of soup and food.
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A cupboard is a very small room that is used to store things, especially one without windows. (BRIT; in AM, use closet)
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a skeleton in the cupboard: see skeletonair|ing cup|board (airing cupboards)
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In British houses, an airing cupboard is a warm cupboard where you put clothes and other things that have been washed and partly dried, to make sure they are completely dry.
1 [N-COUNT]
A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
The kitchen cupboard was stocked with tins of soup and food.
2 [N-COUNT]
A cupboard is a very small room that is used to store things, especially one without windows. (BRIT; in AM, use closet)
3
a skeleton in the cupboard: see skeletonair|ing cup|board (airing cupboards)
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In British houses, an airing cupboard is a warm cupboard where you put clothes and other things that have been washed and partly dried, to make sure they are completely dry.