Definition of Larder

1. Noun. A supply of food especially for a household.


2. Noun. A small storeroom for storing foods or wines.
Exact synonyms: Buttery, Pantry
Specialized synonyms: Still Room, Stillroom
Generic synonyms: Storage Room, Storeroom, Stowage

Definition of Larder

1. n. A room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked.

Definition of Larder

1. Noun. a cool room in a domestic house where food is stored; a pantry ¹

2. Noun. a food supply ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Larder

1. a place where food is stored [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Larder

lard oil
lardacein
lardaceous
lardaceous liver
lardarse
lardarses
lardball
lardboy
lardboys
larded
larder (current term)
larderellite
larderer
larderers
larderies
larders
lardery
lardier
lardies
lardiest
larding
lardizabala family
lardless
lardlike
lardo

Literary usage of Larder

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

1. The Gentleman's House: Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the by Robert Kerr (1865)
"The modern COOK'S PANTRY or DRY larder is a small apartment close to the Kitchen, in which are kept cold meats and whatever may accord therewith. ..."

2. The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland: Being a Record of Excavation and by James Theodore Bent (1892)
"larder TREE -3*. These trees we henceforth called ' larder trees,' and found them at nearly every village. The inhabitants of Gona were unusually rich in ..."

3. The Dawn of the Constitution: Or, The Reigns of Henry III and Edward I (A. D by James Henry Ramsay (1908)
"William, who had passed away a. prisoner in the Tower.s larder. ... The " savage hecatomb " gained the name of the " Douglas larder. ..."

4. Typee: Areal Romance of the South Sea by Herman Melville (1892)
"State of Affairs aboard the Ship— Contents of her larder — Length of South Seamen's Voyages — Account of a Flying Whale-man — Determination to leave the ..."

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