cupboard
cupboard — noun
1. a free-standing or built-in container with one or more doors and shelves inside,
a free-standing or built-in container with one or more doors and shelves inside, where you keep things such as food, kitchen tools, clothes, or household supplies
Priya opened the kitchen cupboard to get a bowl for the soup.
collocation: kitchen cupboard
The cupboard in the hallway is full of winter coats and umbrellas.
prepositional phrase: cupboard in [room]
We keep the cleaning supplies in the cupboard under the stairs.
Diego organised the food cupboard and threw away all the old spices.
- cabinet
often implies a more formal or specialised piece of furniture (e.g. filing cabinet, display cabinet), while 'cupboard' is the everyday storage term
- closet
the North American term for a built-in storage space; in British English, 'cupboard' covers this meaning
- pantry
specifically a room or large cupboard for storing food, not general household items
- open shelf
a shelf without a door, whereas a cupboard has doors that close
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In British English, 'cupboard' can also refer to a built-in wall storage space where American English typically uses 'closet'. A 'kitchen cupboard' is understood the same way in both varieties.