: 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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And, yes, there’s a new wooden salad bowl in the cupboard to class up our tiny home on wheels.
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Leslie Kelly, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Open cupboards and vanities to allow warm air to reach pipes, especially in kitchens and bathrooms, Brycen Sperlich, owner of Prime Drain Cleaning and Plumbing in Tennessee, told USA TODAY earlier this year.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
From left: Oliver the cat stops after being caught red-handed in the kitchen cupboard.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
The gas station didn’t have labels for packages of ice or bulk food in cupboards below the self-service coffee.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
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Leslie Kelly, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Open cupboards and vanities to allow warm air to reach pipes, especially in kitchens and bathrooms, Brycen Sperlich, owner of Prime Drain Cleaning and Plumbing in Tennessee, told USA TODAY earlier this year.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
From left: Oliver the cat stops after being caught red-handed in the kitchen cupboard.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
The gas station didn’t have labels for packages of ice or bulk food in cupboards below the self-service coffee.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 4 June 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 22 Jul. 2025.
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cupboard
noun
cup·board
ˈkəb-ərd 
: a closet with shelves for cups, dishes, or food
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