Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cupboard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cupboard \Cup"board\ (k[u^]b"b[~e]rd), n. [Cup + board.]
1. A board or shelf for cups and dishes. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups,
dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet.
{Cupboard love}, interested love, or that which has an eye to
the cupboard. ``A cupboard love is seldom true.'' --Poor
Robin. [Colloq.]
{To cry cupboard}, to call for food; to express hunger.
[Colloq.] ``My stomach cries cupboard.'' --W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cupboard \Cup"board\, v. t.
To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard. [R.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cupboard
n : a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
[syn: {closet}]
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