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CUPBOARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
Synonyms:
closet; cupboard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cupboard" is a kind of...):
storage space (the area in any structure that provides space for storage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cupboard"):
airing 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)
supply closet (a closet for storing supplies)
Context examples:
A few strange, antique portraits of the men and women of other days decorated the stained walls; a cupboard with glass doors contained some books and an ancient set of china.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
When Dr. Seward saw me he jumped up with a horrified exclamation, and hurriedly taking a case-bottle from a cupboard, gave me some brandy, which in a few minutes somewhat restored me.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I had just taken the paper; and was locking the cupboard, when the young man seized me.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When I was a youngster I have opened it myself with the key of the box-room cupboard.’
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The reason the Lion did not have to do as the Witch wished was that every night, while the woman was asleep, Dorothy carried him food from the cupboard.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
He crossed to an oaken cupboard, and as he threw it open I caught a glimpse of glistening rows of parallel barrels, like the pipes of an organ.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
One sprang under the table, the second into the bed, the third into the stove, the fourth into the kitchen, the fifth into the cupboard, the sixth under the washing-bowl, and the seventh into the clock-case.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Martha, with an astonished look, repeated her former action, and softly led me up the stairs; and then, by a little back-door which seemed to have no lock, and which she pushed open with a touch, into a small empty garret with a low sloping roof, little better than a cupboard.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Twice during our meal she rose from her chair and withdrew into a cupboard at the end of the room, and each time I saw Jim’s face cloud, for we heard a gentle clink of glass against glass.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My home, then, when I at last find a home,—is a cottage; a little room with whitewashed walls and a sanded floor, containing four painted chairs and a table, a clock, a cupboard, with two or three plates and dishes, and a set of tea-things in delf.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
