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cup·board
(kŭb′ərd)n.
A closet or cabinet, usually with shelves for storing food, crockery, and utensils.
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cupboard
(ˈkʌbəd)n
(Furniture) a piece of furniture or a recessed area of a room, with a door concealing storage space
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cup•board
(ˈkʌb ərd)n.
a closet with shelves for dishes, cups, food, etc.
[1275–1325]
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cupboard
– wardrobe – 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.
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| Noun | 1. |  cupboard - a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage spaceairing cupboard - a warm cupboard where you put newly washed clothes until they are completely dry broom closet - a small room for storing brooms and other cleaning equipment safe - a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests storage space - the area in any structure that provides space for storage supply closet - a closet for storing supplies |
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cupboard
noun 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, whatnotCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
skříňkredenc
skabskabsrum
astiakaappikaappi
ormar
faliszekrényארון משקאות
skápur; kompa
戸棚
찬장
omara
kredenac
skåp
ตู้
tủ đựng chén bát
cupboard
[ˈkʌbəd]A. N (free-standing) → armario m; (built-in) → armario m, closet/clóset m (LAm), placar(d) m (S. Cone)
B. CPD cupboard love N (Brit) → amor m interesado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cupboard
[ˈkʌbərd] n → placard mkitchen cupboard → placard m
store cupboard → placard m
stationery cupboard → armoire à fournitures airing cupboardcupboard love n (British) → amour m intéressé
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cupboard
n → Schrank m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cup
(kap) noun1. a usually round hollow container to hold liquid for drinking, often with a handle. a teacup; a cup of tea.
2. an ornamental vessel, usually of silver or other metal, given as a prize in sports events etc. They won the Football League Cup.
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.
2. to hold (something) in one's cupped hands. He cupped the egg in his hands.
ˈcupful nounthree cupfuls of water.
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.
cup final the final match in a football competition in which the prize is a cup.
ˈcup-tie noun one of a series of games in a football competition in which the prize is a cup.
one's cup of tea the sort of thing one likes or prefers. Classical music is not my cup of tea.
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cupboard
→ خِزَانَة لِلَأطْبَاق والكُؤوس skříň skab Schrank ντουλάπι aparador, armario kaappi placard ormar credenza 戸棚 찬장 kast skap kredens armário буфет skåp ตู้ dolap tủ đựng chén bát 小橱Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009