- a piece of furniture or a recessed area of a room, with a door concealing storage space
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
cup•board /ˈkʌbɚd/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Furniturea closet with shelves for dishes, cups, food, etc.
cup•board
(kub′ərd),USA pronunciation n.
- Furniturea closet with shelves for dishes, cups, etc.
- Furniture, British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]any small closet or cabinet, as for clothes, food, or the like.
- Middle English cuppebord. See cup, board 1275–1325
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cupboard /ˈkʌbəd/ n
'cupboard' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
airing
- ambry
- Ark
- boxroom
- built-in
- closet
- cupboard love
- door
- fitted
- glory hole
- larder
- pantry
- press
- raft
- safe
- screen
- skeleton
- tabernacle
- vanity unit
- walk-in
- wardrobe
- almirah
- almoner's cupboard
- armarium
- armoire
- bed place
- cabinet
- china closet
- coin
- commode
- court cupboard
- cuddy
- dole cupboard
- dry sink
- Dutch cupboard
- hutch
- kitchen cabinet
- livery cupboard
- panetière
- press bed
- press cupboard
- tridarn cupboard
- schrank
- shelf paper
- split spindle
- spray can