cupboard
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noun- 1.
(obsolete)A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet. [14th–18th c.]
- 2.
(obsolete)Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate. [16th–19th c.]
But howe comme to pas, / Your cupbord that was / Is tourned to glasse, / From syluere to brasse, / From golde to pewter, / Or els to a newter, / To copper, to tyn, / To lede, or alcumyn?
- 3.
A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.
Put the cups back into the cupboard.
- 4.
(Pennsylvania, UK, Western)(UK, Western Pennsylvania) A closet for storing coats.
- 5.
(obsolete)Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food.
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 the cubbard, brave boys! / And all [for the love of the Cup-board].
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verb- 1.
To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.
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Inherited from Middle English cuppeborde, cupbord. Equivalent to cup + 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.