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cupboard
types of cupboard
a kitchen cupboard
• The kitchen cupboards were empty.
a bathroom/hall/bedroom cupboard
British English
• Your boots are in the hall cupboard.
a built-in/fitted cupboard
British English (= ones that are there permanently and cannot be moved )
• The kitchen has built-in cupboards.
a wall cupboard
British English (= fixed to the wall, not on the floor )
• Wall cupboards provide extra storage in the garage.
a storage cupboard
British English (= for storing things )
• There's a storage cupboard under the stairs.
a food/medicine/clothes cupboard
British English
• The medicine cupboard's in the bathroom.
a drinks cupboard
British English (= for drinks, especially alcoholic ones )
• He went to the drinks cupboard and poured a whisky.
an airing cupboard
British English (= a warm cupboard for sheets and towels )
a linen cupboard
British English (= for sheets and towels )
a broom cupboard
(= for brushes and other things you use to clean the house )
a bedside cupboard
British English (= a small cupboard beside a bed )
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noun ADJ. big, deep, large | little, small, tiny | high, low | walk-in | built-in, fitted | private | bare, empty | wall | bathroom, bedside, kitchen, hall | airing, broom, coat, clothes, drinks, food, linen, medicine, stationery, storage, store There's a broom cupboard under the stairs. VERB + CUPBOARD open | close | look in | put sth in Put the clothes in the airing cupboard. | keep sth in CUPBOARD + VERB be full of sth The cupboard was full of old toys. CUPBOARD + NOUN door | unit We had some new cupboard units fitted in the kitchen. | space Do you have much cupboard space in your new house? PREP. in a/the ~ Put the plates in the cupboard.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary