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# larder

noun (a larder, larders)

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

## Everyday

1. A larder is a cool room or large cupboard in a house where food is kept, especially in older homes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larder/#m1)
2. It can mean the store of food a person or family has. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larder/#m2)
3. Some animals have a larder: squirrels and shrikes store food to eat later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larder/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories set in older or country houses, and in British homes; in science lessons about animals storing food for winter. Phrases: «a well-stocked larder», «raid the larder».

### Examples

- Mum keeps the jam in the larder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larder/#x1)
- The old cottage had a cold stone larder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larder/#x2)
- The mice found their way into the larder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larder/#x3)
- Our larder is empty, we need to go shopping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larder/#x4)
- Squirrels make a larder of nuts for the winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larder/#x5)
- The shrike stores insects on thorns as a larder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larder/#x6)
- I raided the larder for a midnight snack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larder/#x7)
- In the story, the larder was full of pies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larder/#x8)
- My larder is a regular horn of plenty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larder/#x9)

### Note

Countable. Similar to «pantry»; both are rooms or cupboards for food, and many people use them for the same thing. Mainly British; Americans more often say «pantry».

## On Mova

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