Associations to the word «Cupboard»

Pictures for the word «Cupboard»

Wiktionary

CUPBOARD, noun. An enclosed storage space with a door, usually having shelves, used to store crockery, food, etc.
CUPBOARD, noun. (obsolete) A table or sideboard on which to display or store cups, dishes etc.
CUPBOARD, verb. To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.
CUPBOARD LOVE, noun. Insincere (and usually fickle) love pretended in the hope of gaining something useful in exchange.

Dictionary definition

CUPBOARD, noun. A small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats