noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
airing cupboard
linen cupboard
the cupboard door British English , the closet door AmE:
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Both the cupboard doors were locked.
the key to a door/house/cupboard (= the key that opens a door/house/cupboard )
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Has anyone seen the key to the garage door?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
fitted
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Then he opened one of the doors of the fitted cupboards .
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Bedroom 10' 5 × 8' 5 Window to rear, fitted cupboard .
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Now, the kitchen is charming yet functional, with fitted heavy duty cupboards , red-tiled worksurfaces and a window seat.
large
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There was hardly room to move for large chairs and cupboards .
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They fill several large cupboards around the house.
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To his right, stood a large walk-in cupboard marked as chemical storage, its door slightly ajar.
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All this is stored and cared for in the six large unheated cupboards in the linen room.
small
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Tom unpacked the haversack and wandered round the room putting the groceries away on shelves and into small cupboards .
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A small hanging cupboard with one shelf costs £53 painted, £33.55 unpainted.
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There are two chairs and a small cupboard in the South West corner of the room.
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Or try installing a length of the famous Shaker pegged wall-rail for hanging small cupboards , shelves, mirrors and even chairs.
■ NOUN
airing
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Even a well-lagged cylinder will still give off enough heat to air clothes if your cylinder is in an airing cupboard .
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A discussion I overheard concerned the merits of an airing cupboard as winter quarters for fly-traps.
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Neither the airing cupboard nor the garden shed in winter are satisfactory.
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In winter, put them in the airing cupboard .
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Separate airing cupboard with foam dipped hot water cylinder, immersion heater and timer for boiler.
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Built-in airing cupboard incorporating lagged hot water tank and immersion heater.
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Unfortunately there was no airing cupboard .
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Placing the books or presses in an airing cupboard will speed up the pressing process slightly without damaging the flowers.
broom
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I mean, that bit in the broom cupboard - oh, you didn't see it, did you?
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It's the same place Boris Becker got his mistress pregnant in the broom cupboard .
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The only open door led to a broom cupboard .
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Add to that a groom in a broom cupboard with the bridesmaid and a case of mistaken identities.
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Get cleaning bucket and powder and disinfectant from the broom cupboard .
door
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Above: Made-to-measure hot water cylinder fits neatly under sink, hidden by cupboard doors .
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Blindly, I opened a cupboard door , but all I found were tin plates.
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He eased the cupboard doors closed to get past them and nudged the bedroom door open with his toe-cap.
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No drawers gaped open, no cupboard doors swung free.
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He didn't open the cupboard door till he heard Ivan's voice calling when he came in.
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I slowly closed the cupboard door and then settled down in my bed.
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He tore open the cupboard door and peered at the tiny porthole of glass on the front of the central heating boiler.
food
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Also the food cupboard is on the wall which is very damp.
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I knew, Lee thought, as she stacked tins and packets in the food cupboard , I knew.
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Assignments 1 Look in your food cupboard or fridge and select three products.
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Alternatively, look in the food cupboard for a suitable plastic container.
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Clear out your food cupboard and throw away everything that will not travel well, such as leaky, crushable or carbonated goods.
fume
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Not only does it increase building fabric losses, but it also increases losses through fume cupboards and open windows.
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This addition complements Labspace's existing business in the manufacture of lab furniture, fume cupboards and associated equipment.
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Caution! heat and fumes and evolved, so best carried out in fume cupboard .
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The extraction of expensively heated warm air from the laboratory through fume cupboards is another area of concern.
hall
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At the hall cupboard she stopped, taking a deep steadying breath to calm the currents suddenly eddying through her body.
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They were in the hall cupboard .
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It was years later that she confessed to cheating and hiding in the hall cupboard .
kitchen
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The sun-and-moon chart hangs on the kitchen cupboard , where we can consult it.
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So it was with my reading lessons; so it was with the newfound plenty jammed into the kitchen cupboards .
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Another residents discovered rats had got into a kitchen cupboard and eaten packets of food.
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I can find my way up in the dark, or fetch a candle from the kitchen cupboard for myself.
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She put everything away in the kitchen cupboards , then went out to lock the car.
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She dusted behind the books, dusted the books, scoured the cooker and did out the kitchen cupboards .
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Five minutes later and after exploration in all the kitchen cupboards , Robyn had found matches, and some old newspapers.
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Then the boat seemed to bump against some solid object, making the contents of the kitchen cupboards rattle.
store
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Using leftovers and store cupboard items, you will have made a meal that many people pay several pounds for in restaurants.
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Here's how to create delicious last-minute meals entirely from standbys in the store cupboard .
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In the store cupboard , he found a can of beef stew and dumped it in a saucepan to heat.
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Research revealed that people were prepared to buy raisins, but only as an ingredient for the store cupboard .
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She would have to go downstairs to find and fetch a new one from the store cupboard in the kitchen.
wall
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Sink and drainer with cupboards and drawers beneath. Wall cupboards.
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Can be hung under a wall cupboard or built in.
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Horizontal location was not too critical in the absence of wall cupboards .
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Single drainer stainless steel sink unit with drawer and cupboard under. Wall cupboards.
■ VERB
hide
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Above: Made-to-measure hot water cylinder fits neatly under sink, hidden by cupboard doors.
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Four others survived by hiding behind a cupboard , ducking under a bed and dangling out a window.
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Ginny had hidden in the big cupboard in the dining room.
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Lock the door and hide in the cupboard .
keep
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So I use the ordinary detergents that I keep in the cupboard for hand-washing and this works very well for me.
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All chemicals and cleansing products must be kept in locked cupboards , and access to these carefully controlled.
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In the meantime, Jean is keeping the blanket cupboard well stocked for the winter.
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Frequent washing weakened the fibres, so items taken in strict rotation made it necessary to keep a well-stocked cupboard .
open
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She stepped over him, going through to the kitchen and opening the booze cupboard .
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Forget sophisticated economic models, just open up your cupboard .
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Twenty-three Aileen Farquar opened her clothes cupboard and pulled a chair up.
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Blindly, I opened a cupboard door, but all I found were tin plates.
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But after I opened the cupboard , I began to think.
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He didn't open the cupboard door till he heard Ivan's voice calling when he came in.
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I opened a cupboard and about fifty pairs of Signe's shoes fell over me.
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Ellis opened the cupboard and took out a small black plastic suitcase.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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There's a lot of cupboard space in this kitchen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Above it, on the wall itself, were great tea-chest-sized oak cupboards.
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Donorlabeled cupboards filled with shallow drawers of shells line one side of the upstairs office area.
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Inspectors told of finding a sickening harvest of leaves, grease and dead insects in cupboards and drawers.
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Older gardening books may recommend a cool cupboard indoors for plunging.
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Or you could line the walls with bookshelves from waist-level, with cupboards underneath to provide storage and serving space.
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So the Wicked Witch took the Golden Cap from her cupboard and placed it upon her head.
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There was, in her cupboard , a Golden Cap, with a circle of diamonds and rubies running round it.