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Definition of Pantry
1. Noun. A small storeroom for storing foods or wines.
Specialized synonyms: Still Room, Stillroom
Generic synonyms: Storage Room, Storeroom, Stowage
Definition of Pantry
1. n. An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept.
Definition of Pantry
1. Noun. A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to food storage and/or storing kitchenware. Since the pantry is not typically temperature-controlled (unlike a refrigerator or root cellar), the foods stored in a pantry are usually shelf-stable staples such as grains, flours, and preserved foods. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pantry
1. a closet or room for storing kitchen utensils [n -TRIES]
Medical Definition of Pantry
1. Origin: OE. Pantrie, F. Paneterie, fr. Panetier pantler, LL. Panetarius baker, panetus small loaf of bread, L. Panis bread. Cf. Company, Pannier, Pantler. An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pantry
Literary usage of Pantry
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,
... It is plain that this is a modification of the ancient pantry, ..."
2. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"A well-equipped butler's pantry should also be provided with a small sink for
... KITCHEN pantry. This room should be fitted with a counter-shelf as long as ..."
3. A Complete Practical Treatise on Criminal Procedure, Pleading, and Evidence by John Frederick Archbold, John Jervis, William Newland Welsby, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1853)
"Upon an indictment for burglary, it was proved that behind the dwelling-house
there was a pantry; to get to the pantry from the dwelling-house it was ..."
4. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"There was no door communicating directly between the pantry and the house, ...
The roof of the pantry was " tea-fall" and leant against the wall of an inner ..."
5. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records by Charles William Manwaring (1902)
"I give to my wife Margaret pantry, with Goods, Rights and Privileges, an Annuity
of £15 a year; to his son John pantry, £240; and to daughter Mary, £150, ..."
6. Table Service by Lucy Grace Allen (1915)
"CARE OF SILVER AND BRASS THE BUTLER'S pantry THE butler's pantry should be equipped
with : Strainers for punches, tea, and coffee. Enamel ware pitchers for ..."
7. Home Economics: A Guide to Household Management, Including the Proper by Maria Parloa (1898)
"The plan of pantry and china-closet given below will be found to combine convenience
for ... Connecting this pantry with the kitchen, and opening from it, ..."
8. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1860)
"This place for a door connecting the pantry with the dining-room is deemed preferable.
Should it open more directly into it, at one side of the fire-place ..."
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