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Cupboard vs Res - What's the difference?

cupboard | res |

As a noun cupboard

is an enclosed storage space with a door, usually having shelves, used to store crockery, food, etc.

As a verb cupboard

is to collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.

As a symbol res is

(label) (l).

cupboard

English

(wikipedia cupboard)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An enclosed storage space with a door, usually having shelves, used to store crockery, food, etc.
    • Put the cups in the cupboard .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1932, author=
    • , title=Friday's Business , chapter=20 citation , passage=Eurydice pointed to the cupboard , and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor.}}
  • *
  • (obsolete) A table or sideboard on which to display or store cups, dishes etc.

    • Synonyms

    * closet (US) * press * wardrobe (British)

    Derived terms

    * airing cupboard * cupboardlike * cupboard love * cupboardy * fume cupboard * hot cupboard * skeleton in the cupboard

    See also

    * armoire * sideboard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.
  • * 1608 , , I. i. 98:
    • Still cupboarding the viand, never bearing / Like labour with the rest,
    1000 English basic words

    res

    Translingual

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Symbol

    (head)
  • (label) (l)