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cupboard (iou)



cupboard noun & verb. LME.
[from CUP noun + BOARD noun.]
A. noun.
A table on which to display cups and plates etc.; a sideboard. obsolete exc. in court cupboard s.v. COURT noun1. LME.
A set of vessels for the table. E16-L17.
A recess or piece of furniture with a door and usu. shelves for storing crockery, provisions, or other small items. M16.
skeleton in the cupboard: see SKELETON noun.
Food, provisions, etc. Chiefly in cry cupboard, crave for food. Now rare or obsolete. L17.
Comb.: cupboard love: simulated for the sake of what one can get by it.
b. verb trans. Place or keep (as) in a cupboard. rare. E17.