cupboard

[ kuhb-erd ]

/ ˈkʌb ərd /

a closet with shelves for dishes, cups, etc.

Chiefly British. any small closet or cabinet, as for clothes, food, or the like.

Origin of cupboard

First recorded in 1275–1325, cupboard is from the Middle English word cuppebord. See cup, board

Ginger returned the china to the cupboard and sat next to him on the sofa.

Short Stories from The Daily Beast: Four Hundred Grand |Elliot Ackerman |July 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But she had started like digging out vases from the cupboard, like wedding stuff.

Allison Janney and Anna Faris on ‘Mom,’ Girl Crushes, and Charlie Sheen Meltdowns |Kevin Fallon |September 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
If and when CRE becomes resistant to this old-timer, the cupboard is truly bare.

Why I’m Not Worried About Dying From a Superbug, and You Shouldn’t Be, Either |Kent Sepkowitz |March 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
One cold night, Isabel finds an old Royal Air Force greatcoat in the cupboard and pulls it into bed to warm herself.

This Week’s Hot Reads: Oct. 15, 2012 |Mythili Rao |October 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Orphaned Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) lives with his aunt and uncle, and sleeps in a cupboard under the stars.

Best ‘First Day of School’ Movies | |September 5, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The cupboard was in an antechamber which served as the public passage by which the apartments of Madame were reached.

The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete |Duc de Saint-Simon
Door-latches were made of wood, also oblong buttons to fasten chamber and cupboard doors.

Home Life in Colonial Days |Alice Morse Earle
I put them in the cupboard in a brown bowl with a plate over it.

Light O' The Morning |L. T. Meade
All this in smothered tones, as if the speaker was shut up in a cupboard with a blanket over his head.

Cutlass and Cudgel |George Manville Fenn
Emma dried her dishes as carefully as she had washed them and stacked them in the cupboard.

The Lost Wagon |James Arthur Kjelgaard

cupboard

/ (ˈkʌbəd) /

a piece of furniture or a recessed area of a room, with a door concealing storage space