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LARDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small storeroom for storing foods or wines
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("larder" is a kind of...):
storage room; storeroom; stowage (a room in which things are stored)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "larder"):
still room; stillroom (a pantry or storeroom connected with the kitchen (especially in a large house) for preparing tea and beverages and for storing liquors and preserves and tea etc)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A supply of food especially for a household
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("larder" is a kind of...):
commissariat; provender; provisions; viands; victuals (a stock or supply of foods)
Context examples:
If I had permitted him, I am satisfied that Traddles would have made a perfect savage of himself, and eaten a plateful of raw meat, to express enjoyment of the repast; but I would hear of no such immolation on the altar of friendship, and we had a course of bacon instead; there happening, by good fortune, to be cold bacon in the larder.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
