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# cupboard

noun (cupboard, cupboards)

«cupboard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A cupboard is a piece of furniture or a space in a wall with doors and shelves, where you keep cups, plates, food or clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupboard/#m1)

### In the lessons

maths: a place where things are stored, sometimes with shelves and things on each shelf (shelves × items each = total; what is left = total − taken); everyday life: kitchen cupboard, the food cupboard; safety: cleaning things belong in a high or locked cupboard; stories: something hiding in the cupboard

### Examples

- There are 24 cups in the cupboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupboard/#x1)
- The cupboard has 4 shelves with 6 plates on each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupboard/#x2)
- She took 3 cans from the cupboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupboard/#x3)
- How many jars are left in the cupboard? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupboard/#x4)
- Put the plates back in the cupboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupboard/#x5)
- The cereal is in the top cupboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupboard/#x6)
- Cleaning sprays are kept in a locked cupboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupboard/#x7)
- Close the cupboard door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupboard/#x8)
- I have a whole cupboard-full of poetry in bottles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupboard/#x9)

### Note

Mostly a place; shelves × items on each give a total. Trap: none special. The p is silent: say «KUB-urd». US English often says «cabinet»; British «cupboard» can also mean a closet.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cupboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupboard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cupboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cupboard.html) on Mova free.