Cupboard Kitchen Built In Space Airing Noun Bre ˈkʌbəd

• kitchen cupboards
• built-in cupboards
• do you have much cupboard space in your new house?
• put the clothes in the airing cupboard.

cupboard

1. a piece of furniture with doors and shelves used for storing dishes, food, clothes, etc.
• kitchen cupboards
2. a space in a wall with a door that reaches the ground, used for storing things
• see also airing cupboard
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• built-in cupboards
3. used to say that there is no money for something
• They are seeking more funds but the cupboard is bare.
4. affection that somebody, especially a child, shows towards somebody else in order to get something
5. something shocking, embarrassing, etc. that has happened to you or your family in the past that you want to keep secret

Extra Examples

• Do you have much cupboard space in your new house?
• Put the clothes in the airing cupboard.
• The cupboard was full of old spices.
• There’s a broom cupboard under the stairs.
• We had some new cupboard units fitted in the kitchen.
• The kitchen has built-in cupboards and shelves.
• The tool kit is in the cupboard under the stairs.
• There are clean sheets in the airing cupboard.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (denoting a table or sideboard on which cups, plates, etc. were displayed): from cup + board.