cupboard
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: 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.
Compound parts: cup
board
Inflected forms:
form: cupboards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cobbarde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cobbourd
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: coberde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cobord
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: copbord
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: copborde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: copbourd
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: copbourde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: copburd
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: copburde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: couborde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cowbard
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubbard
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubbarde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubberd
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubbert
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubboard
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubboorde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubbord
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubborde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupbert
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupbard
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupboarde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupboord
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupbord
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupborde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupbourd
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupbourde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupburd
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupburde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cuppord
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupporde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupboards
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cupboarding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cupboarded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cupboarded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: cobbarde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cobbourd
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: coberde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cobord
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: copbord
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: copborde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: copbourd
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: copbourde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: copburd
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: copburde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: couborde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cowbard
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubbard
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubbarde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubberd
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubbert
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubboard
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubboorde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubbord
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cubborde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupbert
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupbard
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupboarde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupboord
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupbord
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupborde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupbourd
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupbourde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupburd
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupburde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cuppord
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cupporde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Cupboꝛde of plate or to ſette plate upon buffet z ma.
from the cobbarde byſyde owr dyninge table
Now when the maids and pages all were gone, / One onely lampe upon the cubbard burning[…]
gloss: Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: 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?
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: Put the cups back into the cupboard.
Cupborde to putte meate in – dressover s, m.
Old Mother Hubbard / Went to the cupboard, / To give the poor dog a bone; / When she came there, / The cupboard was bare, / And so the poor dog had none.
A cupboard with shelves for music-books.
As he had figured it out so far, the cupboard, 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 the cupboard?
Harry was used to spiders, because the cupboard under the stairs was full of them, and that was where he slept.
gloss: A closet for storing coats.
pos: noun
tags: Pennsylvania
UK
Western
examples: I hung the coat in the cupboard and bided my time.
gloss: Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: 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].
gloss: To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.
pos: verb
examples: 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; […]
Synonyms: pantry
larder
Derived words: airing cupboard
boiler cupboard
broom cupboard
court-cupboard
cry cupboard
cupboard cloth
cupboard door
cupboard faith
cupboardful
cupboardless
cupboard library
cupboardlike
cupboard-like
cupboard love
cupboard lover
cupboard-man
cupboardwise
cupboardy
fume cupboard
hot cupboard
ice cupboard
linen cupboard
skeleton in one's cupboard
skeleton in the cupboard
store cupboard
the cupboard is bare
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: kas
lang: Albanian
word: dollap
lang: Albanian
word: bufe
lang: Arabic
word: خِزَانَة
roman: ḵizāna
lang: Arabic
word: دلاب
roman: dulāb
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܕܘܿܠܵܒܟ̰ܵܐ
roman: dolabča
lang: Armenian
word: պահարան
roman: paharan
lang: Assamese
word: আলমাৰী
roman: almari
lang: Asturian
word: almariu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şkaf
lang: Basque
word: armairu
lang: Belarusian
word: ша́фа
roman: šáfa
lang: Bengali
word: আলমারি
roman: almari
lang: Bulgarian
word: бюфе́т
roman: bjufét
lang: Bulgarian
word: шкаф
roman: škaf
lang: Catalan
word: armari
lang: Catalan
word: calaixera
lang: Cebuano
word: aparador
lang: Chichewa
word: m'kabati
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 櫃 /柜
roman: gwai⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 櫥櫃 /橱柜
roman: chúguì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 櫃子 /柜子
roman: guìzi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 碗櫃 /碗柜
roman: wǎnguì
lang: Cornish
word: amary
lang: Czech
word: skříň
lang: Danish
word: skab
lang: Central Dusun
word: lamari
lang: Dutch
word: kast
lang: Emilian
word: armèri
lang: Emilian
word: armàri
lang: Esperanto
word: ŝranko
lang: Estonian
word: kapp
lang: Farefare
word: kobɔɔtɩ
lang: Finnish
word: astiakaappi
lang: Finnish
word: kaappi
lang: French
word: placard
lang: French
word: armoire
lang: North Frisian
word: schååp
lang: Galician
word: armario
lang: Galician
word: alacena
lang: Galician
word: cunqueiro
lang: Georgian
word: კარადა
roman: ḳarada
lang: German
word: Schrank
lang: German
word: Gänterli
lang: Greek
word: ντουλάπι
roman: ntoulápi
lang: Greek
word: ερμάριο
roman: ermário
lang: Hebrew
word: ארון
roman: aron
lang: Hebrew
word: ארונית
roman: aronit
lang: Hebrew
word: מִזְנוֹן
roman: miznone
lang: Hiligaynon
word: kabinet
lang: Hindi
word: अलमारी
roman: almārī
lang: Hungarian
word: szekrény
lang: Icelandic
word: skápur
lang: Ido
word: armoro
lang: Indonesian
word: lemari
lang: Ingrian
word: škaappi
lang: Irish
word: almóir
lang: Irish
word: cupard
lang: Irish
word: prios
lang: Italian
word: armadio
lang: Italian
word: credenza
lang: Japanese
word: 食器棚
roman: shokkidana
lang: Javanese
word: lemari
lang: Javanese
word: lemantun
lang: Kalmyk
word: үкүг
roman: üküg
lang: Kazakh
word: шкаф
roman: şkaf
lang: Khmer
word: ទូ
roman: tuu
lang: Korean
word: 찬장
roman: chanjang
lang: Korean
word: 벽장
roman: byeokjang
lang: Kyrgyz
word: шкаф
roman: şkaf
lang: Lao
word: ຕູ້
roman: tū
lang: Latin
word: armārium
lang: Latin
word: promptuārium
lang: Latvian
word: skapis
lang: Lithuanian
word: spinta
lang: Luhya
word: likapati
lang: Macedonian
word: шкаф
roman: škaf
lang: Malay
word: almari
lang: Malay
word: gerobok
lang: Malayalam
word: അലമാരി
roman: alamāri
lang: Māori
word: kāpata
lang: Mirandese
word: almairo
lang: Norman
word: armouaithe
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: skap
lang: Pashto
word: المارۍ
roman: almārəy
lang: Dari
word: اَلْمَارِی
roman: almārī
lang: Iranian Persian
word: گَنْجِه
roman: ganje
lang: Iranian Persian
word: قَفَسِه
roman: ġafase
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کابینِت
roman: kâbinet
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اِشْکاف
roman: eškâf
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Schaup
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Schrank
lang: Polish
word: szafa
lang: Portuguese
word: armário
lang: Romanian
word: dulap
lang: Russian
word: шкаф
roman: škaf
lang: Russian
word: буфе́т
roman: bufét
lang: Russian
word: серва́нт
roman: servánt
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: preas
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: креденац
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kredenac
lang: Sicilian
word: armariu
lang: Slovak
word: skriňa
lang: Slovene
word: omara
lang: Slovene
word: omarica
lang: Slovene
word: kredenca
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: spižka
lang: Spanish
word: armario
lang: Spanish
word: vitrina
lang: Spanish
word: alacena
lang: Swahili
word: kabati
lang: Swedish
word: skåp
lang: Tagalog
word: paminggalan
lang: Tagalog
word: binggal
lang: Tagalog
word: aparador
lang: Tagalog
word: platera
lang: Tagalog
word: almaryo
lang: Tajik
word: ҷевон
roman: jevon
lang: Tamil
word: அலமாரி
roman: alamāri
lang: Thai
word: ตู้
roman: dtûu
lang: Thai
word: ตู้กับข้าว
roman: dtûu-gàp-kâao
lang: Thai
word: ตู้อาหาร
roman: dtûu-aa-hǎan
lang: Turkish
word: dolap
lang: Turkmen
word: şkaf
lang: Ukrainian
word: буфе́т
roman: bufét
lang: Ukrainian
word: серва́нт
roman: servánt
lang: Ukrainian
word: ша́фа
roman: šáfa
lang: Urdu
word: اَلْماری
roman: almārī
lang: Uyghur
word: ئىشكاپ
roman: ishkap
lang: Uzbek
word: shkaf
lang: Vietnamese
word: tủ
lang: Welsh
word: cwpwrdd
lang: West Flemish
word: kasse
lang: Yakut
word: ыскаап
roman: ïskaap
lang: Yiddish
word: שאַפֿע
roman: shafe
lang: Yiddish
word: שאַפֿקע
roman: shafke
lang: Yiddish
word: וואַנטשאַפֿקע
roman: vantshafke
lang: Yup'ik
word: eskaapaq
lang: Zulu
word: ekhabetheni