Definition/Meaning of cupboard

• English - Noun: cupboard ( plural cupboards ) An enclosed storage space with a door , usually having shelves , used to store crockery , food , etc . Put the cups in the cupboard . ( obsolete ) A table or sideboard on which to display or store cups , dishes etc . Synonyms closet ( US ) press wardrobe ( British ) Derived terms airing cupboard cupboardlike cupboard love cupboardy fume cupboard hot cupboard…
• English - Verb: cupboard ( third-person singular simple present cupboards , present participle cupboarding , simple past and past participle cupboarded ) To collect , as into a cupboard; to hoard . 1608 , William Shakespeare , The Tragedy of Coriolanus , I . i . 98: Still cupboarding the viand , never bearing / Like labour with the rest ,
• English - Etymology: From Middle English cuppebord .
• English - Pronunciation: ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key) : /ˈkʌb.əd/ ( US ) IPA (key) : /ˈkʌ.bɚd/ Rhymes: -ʌbə(r)d