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cup·board C0806600 (kŭb′ərd)n. A closet or cabinet, usually with shelves for storing food, crockery, and utensils.cupboard (ˈkʌbəd) n (Furniture) a piece of furniture or a recessed area of a room, with a door concealing storage spacecup•board (ˈkʌb ərd)
n. a closet with shelves for dishes, cups, food, etc. [1275–1325] cupboard wardrobe">wardrobe closet">closet1. 'cupboard'A cupboard is a piece of furniture with doors at the front and usually shelves inside. The kitchen cupboard is stocked with tins of soup.Cupboards in American English are built-in shelves behind doors. They are mainly found in kitchens. She was in the kitchen, opening cupboards, moving boxes and cans to see what lay behind.2. 'wardrobe'A wardrobe is a tall piece of furniture, usually in a bedroom, that has space for hanging clothes. I hung my dress up in the wardrobe.3. 'closet'A wardrobe is sometimes built into the wall of a room, rather than being a separate piece of furniture. In American English, a built-in wardrobe is called a closet. There's an iron in the closet.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  cupboard - a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage spaceclosetairing cupboard - a warm cupboard where you put newly washed clothes until they are completely drybroom closet - a small room for storing brooms and other cleaning equipmentsafe - a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pestsstorage space - the area in any structure that provides space for storagesupply closet - a closet for storing supplies |
cupboardnoun cabinet, closet, locker, press The kitchen cupboard was stocked with tins of food.Cupboards and cabinets ambry, armoire, bookcase, buffet, bureau, cabinet, canterbury, cellaret, chest, chest of drawers, chest-on-chest, chiffonier or chiffonnier, closet, clothes-press, commode, console, Coolgardie safe, court cupboard, credence table or credenza, dooket (Scot.), drawer, dresser, filing cabinet, étagère, garderobe (archaic), highboy (U.S.), larder, locker, lowboy (U.S.), medicine chest, pantry, press, safe, shelf, sideboard, stand, tallboy, vitrine, wardrobe, Welsh dresser, whatnotTranslationscup (kap) noun1. a usually round hollow container to hold liquid for drinking, often with a handle. a teacup; a cup of tea. 杯子 杯子2. an ornamental vessel, usually of silver or other metal, given as a prize in sports events etc. They won the Football League Cup. 獎杯 奖杯 verb – past tense, past participle cupped – 1. to form (one's hands) into the shape of a cup. He cupped his hands round his mouth and called. 使成杯狀 使成杯状2. to hold (something) in one's cupped hands. He cupped the egg in his hands. 捧 捧，使（手）窝成杯状 ˈcupful nounthree cupfuls of water. 一杯 一满杯cupboard (ˈkabəd) noun (American ˈcloset) a cabinet of any size up to that of a small room for storing anything. Put the food in the cupboard; a broom cupboard. 櫥櫃 碗碟橱cup final the final match in a football competition in which the prize is a cup. (足球)決賽 （足球）决赛 ˈcup-tie noun one of a series of games in a football competition in which the prize is a cup. 優勝杯賽事 优胜杯决赛one's cup of tea the sort of thing one likes or prefers. Classical music is not my cup of tea. 喜歡或偏好的東西 使某人感兴趣的东西cupboard
cupboard is bare1. Literally, there is no or very little food in the house. Often pluralized. I wish I had something to offer you to eat, but we haven't done our grocery shopping this week, and I'm afraid the cupboards are bare.2. By extension, resources—especially money—are very tight or nonexistent. Often pluralized. The government has promised to help alleviate the strain on those out of work, but I don't know how it will accomplish that when its own cupboards are bare. The school district's cupboard is bare after federal funding was cut by 20%.See also: bare, cupboardhave (a) skeleton(s) in (one's)/the cupboardTo have (an) embarrassing, unpleasant, damaging, or incriminating secret(s) from one's past. Primarily heard in UK. Even the most seemingly perfect people have some pretty shocking skeletons in their cupboards. She has a skeleton in her cupboard that could ruin her chance at being elected if the press were to find out about it. My agoraphobia has always been something of a skeleton in the cupboard for me.See also: cupboard, haveskeleton in the/(one's) closetAn embarrassing or shameful secret. Primarily heard in US. If you've got a skeleton in the closet, it will probably be exposed during this campaign. He didn't believe me when I said that I didn't have any skeletons in my closet.See also: closet, skeletonskeleton in the/(one's) cupboardAn embarrassing or shameful secret. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. If you've got a skeleton in the cupboard, it will probably be exposed during this campaign. He didn't believe me when I said that I didn't have any skeletons in my cupboard.See also: cupboard, skeletoncupboard loveLove that is ultimately motivated by greed. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Ever since I won the lottery, I worry that any woman who expresses a romantic interest in me will just be a case of cupboard love.See also: cupboard, lovecupboard is bare, theThe desired resources are not available, as in The schools are asking for a budget increase but the cupboard is bare. This metaphoric expression may have come from the nursery rhyme: "Old Mother Hubbard, went to the cupboard, to fetch her poor dog a bone, And when she went there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor dog had none" (Sarah Catherine Martin, The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard, 1805). See also: cupboardthe cupboard is bare If the cupboard is bare, everything has been used and there is nothing available. The cost of supporting these countries means that the international community's cupboard is bare.See also: bare, cupboardcupboard love BRITISHYou use cupboard love to mean the insincere affection that children or animals show to someone who they think will give them what they want. My kids give me such a lovely welcome when they see me, I don't care if it is cupboard love. Note: The idea here is that cupboards often contain food or something else that a child or animal might want to have. See also: cupboard, lovea skeleton in the closet BRITISH, AMERICAN or a skeleton in the cupboard BRITISHCOMMON If someone has a skeleton in the closet or a skeleton in the cupboard, they have a secret that would cause great embarrassment or shame if other people knew about it. But everybody's got vices, haven't they? There's always a skeleton in the closet somewhere. Note: This expression is variable. Show me somebody with no skeletons in their cupboard, and I'll show you a skilful liar.See also: closet, skeletona skeleton in the cupboard a discreditable or embarrassing fact that someone wishes to keep secret. A US variant of this expression is a skeleton in the closet .See also: cupboard, skeletonthe ˌcupboard is ˈbare (British English) used to say that there is no money for something: They are seeking more funds but the cupboard is bare.This expression refers to a children’s nursery rhyme about Old Mother Hubbard, who had nothing in her cupboard to feed her dog.See also: bare, cupboardˈcupboard love (British English) affection that somebody shows towards somebody else in order to get something: The cat seems especially fond of her, but it’s just cupboard love. She’s the one who feeds him. Cupboard here refers to food, which is kept in a cupboard, so this idiom originally meant showing love to somebody in order to get food.See also: cupboard, lovea skeleton in the ˈcupboard/ˈcloset something shocking, embarrassing, etc. that has happened to you or your family in the past that you want to keep secret: The new presidential candidate is certainly popular, but does he have any skeletons in the closet?See also: closet, cupboard, skeletoncupboard
cupboardAn enclosed storage space with shelves, esp. for dishes, glassware, etc., usually placed in kitchens or pantries.MedicalSeecupFinancialSeeCUPcupboard
Related to cupboard: cupboard love, cabinet, stove, IKEASynonyms for cupboardnoun cabinetSynonymsSynonyms for cupboardnoun a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage spaceSynonymsRelated Words- airing cupboard
- broom closet
- safe
- storage space
- supply closet
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