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/ˈkʌb.əd/ · noun
(obsolete) A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet. [14th–18th c.].
Cupboꝛde of plate or to ſette plate upon buffet z ma.
from the cobbarde byſyde owr dyninge table
Now when the maids and pages all were gone, / One onely lampe upon the cubbard burning[…]
But howe comme to pas, / Your cupbord that was / Is tourned to glasse, / From syluere to brasse, / From golde to pewter, / Or els to a newter, / To copper, to tyn, / To lede, or alcumyn?
Put the cups back into the cupboard.
Cupborde to putte meate in – dressover s, m.
Old Mother Hubbard / Went to the cupboard, / To give the poor dog a bone; / When she came there, / The cupboard was bare, / And so the poor dog had none.
A cupboard with shelves for music-books.
Use cupboard when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cupboard means (obsolete) A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet. [14th–18th c.].
Common synonyms include sideboard, pantry, larder, closet.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Cupboꝛde of plate or to ſette plate upon buffet z ma.
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