Kitchenware vs Cupboard - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between kitchenware and cupboard

is that kitchenware is (usually|uncountable) instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food while 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.

kitchenware

English

Noun

(en-noun)

(usually, uncountable) Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.

:The new chef reorganized the space where we keep the pots, pans, and other kitchenware .

(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.

:He works in the kitchenware section of the department store.

Hyponyms

* See also

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 .

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, 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

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,

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