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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cupboard \Cup"board\ (k[u^]b"b[~e]rd), n. [Cup + board.] 1. A board or shelf for cups and dishes. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. A small closet in a room with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence any small closet. {Cupboard love}, interested love, or that which has an eye to the cupboard. ``A cupboard love is seldom true.'' --Poor Robin. [Colloq.] {To cry cupboard}, to call for food; to express hunger. [Colloq.] ``My stomach cries cupboard.'' --W. Irving. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cupboard \Cup"board\, v. t. To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard. [R.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cupboard n : a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage [syn: {closet}]
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