Locker vs Cupboard - What's the difference?
locker | cupboard |
A type of storage compartment with a lock usually used to store clothing, equipment, or books.
(rare) One who locks something.
An enclosed storage space with a door, usually having shelves, used to store crockery, food, etc.
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(obsolete) A table or sideboard on which to display or store cups, dishes etc.
To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.
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Cupboard is a synonym of locker.
As nouns the difference between locker and cupboard
is that locker is a type of storage compartment with a lock usually used to store clothing, equipment, or books 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.locker
English
Noun
(en noun)- The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school.
- The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.
Synonyms
* (storage compartment ): footlockerDerived terms
* locker roomSee also
* chest * trunkAnagrams
* ----cupboard
English
(wikipedia cupboard)Noun
(en noun)- Put the cups in the cupboard .
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Synonyms
* closet (US) * press * wardrobe (British)Derived terms
* airing cupboard * cupboardlike * cupboard love * cupboardy * fume cupboard * hot cupboard * skeleton in the cupboardSee also
* armoire * sideboardVerb
(en verb)- Still cupboarding the viand, never bearing / Like labour with the rest,
