Kilo Lingo

cupboard

/ˈkʌbəd/

Line drawing of cupboard
Coloured illustration of cupboard
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Translation

A piece of furniture with doors and shelves, where you keep plates, food, or clothes.

Word origin

From Middle English cup and board, first a board or table for cups, later a closed store.

Origin
Middle English
Root
cup-board

Grammar

Gender
Pluralcupboards

Examples

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"Cupboard" is the furniture with shelves where you keep things.

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"Cupboards" is the plural, meaning more than one cupboard.

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Here "cupboard" is the closed store with doors and shelves.

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This word is part of lesson 14.