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An old-fashioned cupboard at theIstana Satu, a royal palace inKuala Terengganu,Terengganu, Malaysia
A modern cupboard affixed on to the wall of a kitchen.

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Etymology

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Inherited fromMiddle Englishcuppeborde,cupbord. Equivalent tocup +‎board. Phonetic variants show that the /p/ in the original forms had assimilated to the present-day /b/ by the 16th century; the etymological spelling has, however, dominated from the 18th century.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cupboard (pluralcupboards)

  1. (obsolete) Aboard ortableused toopenlyhold anddisplaysilverplate andotherdishware; asideboard; abuffet.[14th–18th c.]
    • 1530 July 18,Iohan Palſgrave, “The thirde boke”, inLeſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe […] ‎[1], London: Richard Pynſon, Iohan Haukyns,→OCLC, page203; reprinted asLesclarcissement de la langue françoyse, Genève: Slatkine Reprints,1972:
      Cupboꝛde of plate or to ſette plate uponbuffet z ma.
    • 1555,Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, “The fourth booke of the seconde Decade, of the supposed Continent”, inRichard Eden, transl.,Decades of the New World, page68:
      from thecobbarde byſyde owr dyninge table
    • 1591,Ludovico Ariosto, translated by SirJohn Harington,Orlando Furioso, London: G. Miller, translation of original in Italian, published1634, book XXV, stanza 49,page201:
      Now when the maids and pages all were gone, / One onely lampe upon thecubbard burning[…]
  2. (obsolete) Thingsdisplayed on a sideboard; dishware,particularlyvaluable plate.[16th–19th c.]
  3. Acabinet,closet, or other piece offurniture withshelvesintended forstoringcookware,dishware, orfood; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.
    Put the cups back into thecupboard.
    • 1530 July 18,Iohan Palſgrave,Leſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe […] ‎[2], London: Richard Pynſon, Iohan Haukyns,→OCLC, page211; reprinted asL'éclaircissement de la langue française par Jean Palsgrave […] , Paris:Imprimerie nationale,1852:
      Cupborde to putte meate in –dressover s, m.
    • 1814 May 1, “Minimus”[pseudonym], “Fine Arts”, inThe Satirist, or Monthly Meteor, volume XIV, number 18 (New Series), London: Printed for Samuel Tipper by T. Gillet,→OCLC,page417:
      Old Mother Hubbard / Went to thecupboard, / To give the poor dog a bone; / When she came there, / Thecupboard was bare, / And so the poor dog had none.
    • 1874,J[ohn] T[homas] Micklethwaite,Modern Parish Churches: Their Plan, Design, and Furniture, London: Henry S. King & Co. 65Cornhill and 12Paternoster Row,→OCLC, page161:
      Acupboard with shelves for music-books.
    • 1980,Lynne Reid Banks, “Thirty Scalps”, inThe Indian in the Cupboard, London:J. M. Dent,→ISBN:
      As he had figured it out so far, thecupboard, or the key, or both together, brought plastic things to life,or if they were already alive, turned them into plastic. There were a lot of questions to be answered, though. Did it only work with plastic? Would, say, wooden or metal figures also come to life if shut up in thecupboard?
    • 1997,J[oanne] K[athleen] Rowling, “The Vanishing Glass”, inHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, London:Bloomsbury Publishing,→ISBN:
      Harry was used to spiders, because thecupboard under the stairs was full of them, and that was where he slept.
  4. (obsolete) Things stored in a cupboard;particularlyfood.
    • c. 1665,Roxburghe Ballads; published asJ[oseph] W[oodfall] Ebsworth, editor,The Roxburghe Ballads: Illustrating the Last Years of the Stuarts, volume VI, Hertford: Printed for the Ballad Society by S. Austin and Sons, 1871–1899,OCLC13767296, page 529, lines 26–30:
      Some men they [make] love for what they can get, / And 'tis certain there's many a Lubbard; / Will sigh and will pant, seeming ready to faint, / And all for the love of thecubbard, brave boys! /And all [for the love of theCup-board].
  5. (Western Pennsylvania, UK) Acloset for storingcoats.
    • 2023, Susie Boyt, “Hot under the collar: the coat of your dreams”, inFinancial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd:
      I hung the coat in the cupboard and bided my time.

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

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  • (storage built into a wall):seecloset
  • (storage built onto a wall):seecabinet
  • (furniture used for general storage):press(Irish & Scots),wardrobe(British),closet(regional US)

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Descendants

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Translations

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enclosed storage
a cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food

Verb

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cupboard (third-person singular simple presentcupboards,present participlecupboarding,simple past and past participlecupboarded)

  1. Tocollect, as into a cupboard; tohoard.[from 16th century.]

Further reading

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  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "cupboard,n." and "cupboard,v." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1893.
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