: a closet with shelves where dishes, utensils, or food is kept
also
: a small closet
Examples of cupboard in a Sentence
the colonial dining room features a double-door corner cupboard for the family's finest china
dishes go in the cupboard next to the sink
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Instead, your tools sit in cupboards and drawers waiting for a dinner party that never happens.
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
The cupboard is not bare for the Lakers, though.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has been under glass since the 1950s, but not so in 1911, when Vincenzo Perrugia, a former museum staffer, hid in a cupboard overnight, then swiped what is now the world’s most famous painting and walked out with it under his coat.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
Food pantries in Arizona have opened their cupboards to help feed park staff who have been furloughed or are otherwise not receiving a paycheck.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
The cupboard is not bare for the Lakers, though.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has been under glass since the 1950s, but not so in 1911, when Vincenzo Perrugia, a former museum staffer, hid in a cupboard overnight, then swiped what is now the world’s most famous painting and walked out with it under his coat.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
Food pantries in Arizona have opened their cupboards to help feed park staff who have been furloughed or are otherwise not receiving a paycheck.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cupboard
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“Cupboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cupboard. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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cupboard
noun
cup·board
ˈkəb-ərd 
: a closet with shelves for cups, dishes, or food
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