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How to pronounce cupboard in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms closet
Type of storage space
Has types airing cupboard, broom closet, safe, supply closet

Examples of cupboard

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Get a stationery cupboard, a shredder, a filing cabinet and even a water cooler.
From the badlanguage.net
Luckily, my ever-overstocked cupboard revealed a can of salted, roasted almonds.
From the nytimes.com
Someday the glass compote that survived the trip will rest in my china cupboard.
From the sltrib.com
A trash can on wheels that's hidden behind a lower cupboard door comes in handy.
From the newsobserver.com
The Democrats'issues cupboard is fuller than it has been in a decade and a half.
From the time.com
It has a fold-down desk top, stationery compartments and a roomy cupboard below.
From the expressandstar.com
Once basil is dried, store it in an airtight container in a cool, dark cupboard.
From the courier-journal.com
Being human is a bit like owning a mansion in which we are locked in a cupboard.
From the dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
I never know what to do with the bulghur wheat sitting in my cupboard in winter.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • A small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
  • A cupboard or press (Hiberno-English) is a type of cabinet, often made of wood, used indoors to store household objects such as food, crockery, textiles and liquor, and protect them from dust and dirt.
  • An enclosed storage space with a door, usually having shelves, used to store crockery, food, etc; A table or sideboard on which to display or store cups, dishes etc
  • (Cupboarding) Dangerous practice of cutting into roofing pillars to get cheap slate
  • (Cupboards) like any large cavity in a dream, symbolize your lungs and respiratory system. This is especially true if the cupboard is described as being at chest level.
  • (cupboards) storage area with doors; used for holding food, dishes, cleaning supplies, etc.
  • A cabinet, box or closet with shelves designed to hold cups, dishes or food.
  • To see a cupboard in your dream, is significant of pleasure and comfort, or penury and distress, according as the cupboard is clean and full of shining ware, or empty and dirty. See Safe.
  • This word refers back to the original design, which was a board, or table, on which cups, drinking vessels and other necessaries for meals were placed. ...