Definition of Cupboards

1. Noun. (plural of cupboard) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cupboards

1. cupboard [n] - See also: cupboard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cupboards

cup of joe
cup of palm
cup of tea
cup size
cup that cheers
cup tie
cupalite
cupbearer
cupbearers
cupboard
cupboard love
cupboardful
cupboardfuls
cupboardless
cupboardlike
cupboards (current term)
cupboardsful
cupboardwise
cupboardy
cupcake
cupcakeries
cupcakery
cupcakes
cupel
cupeled
cupeler
cupelers
cupeling
cupellation
cupellations

Literary usage of Cupboards

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1921)
"IV cupboards AND SIDEBOARDS A the time when the American colonies were settled, cupboards had been in common use for generations. As the name implies, ..."

2. Furniture of the Pilgrim Century, 1620-1720: Including Colonial Utensils and by Wallace Nutting (1921)
"In the case of cupboards we rule out absolutely plain pieces like boxes with doors. ... Attention is called to the frequency of side cupboards. ..."

3. Old Salem by Eleanor Putnam, Arlo Bates (1893)
"SALEM cupboards. HERE were cupboards in Salem. Whether they are there. still, or have been built up, or pulled down, or swept away, in the march of modern ..."

4. My Grandfather's Pocket-book, from A.D. 1701-1796 by Henry John Wale (1883)
"A SHORT CHAPTER ON cupboards. THE glory of an old house are its ... Father had twelve children, and mother had a certain room with thirteen cupboards in it, ..."

5. Teaching and Organisation by Percy Arthur Barnett (1910)
"cupboards are sometimes i. cupboards, book-cases, fitted with shelves perforated to hold ink-wells. Book- and cabinets should have glazed doors to ..."

6. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"Other y have recesses to accommodate a case of drawers or ire closets and cupboards occur, they are finished with instead of swinging-doors. ..."

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