Cupboard

//ˈkʌb.əd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet. obsolete

    "Cupboꝛde of plate or to ſette plate upon buffet z ma."

  2. 2
    a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space wordnet
  3. 3
    Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate. obsolete

    "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?"

  4. 4
    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."

  5. 5
    Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food. obsolete

    "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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  1. 6
    A closet for storing coats. Pennsylvania, UK, Western

    "I hung the coat in the cupboard and bided my time."

Verb
  1. 1
    To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.

    "There was a time, when all the bodies members / Rebell'd againſt the Belly; thus accus'd it: / That onely like a Gulfe it did remaine / I'th midd'ſt a th'body, idle and vnactiue, / Still cubbording the Viand, neuer bearing / Like labour with the reſt, where th'other Inſtruments / Did ſee, and heare, deuiſe, inſtruct, walke, feele, / And mutually participate, did miniſter / Vnto the appetite; […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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