Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 5 compound words that contain cupboard. The most common are listed below. Open cupboard in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- skeleton in the cupboardA shameful secret.
- airing cupboardA clothes storage cupboard built around a house's hot water system, using the heat to dry damp clothes.
- cupboard loveInsincere (and usually fickle) love pretended in the hope of gaining something useful in exchange.
- fume cupboardA large fume hood built into the wall of a laboratory; also provides some protection from explosion.
- boiler cupboardAn airing cupboard.
- skeletons in the cupboardplural of skeleton in the cupboard: A shameful secret.
- skeleton in one's cupboardAlternative form of skeleton in the cupboard: A shameful secret.
- broom cupboardA cupboard in which cleaning materials and associated equipment, such as brooms, are stored.
- cupboard-likeAlternative form of cupboardlike: Resembling a cupboard.
- cried cupboardsimple past and past participle of cry cupboard
- crying cupboardpresent participle and gerund of cry cupboard
- cupboard faithInsincere religious faith pretended in the hope of gaining something useful in exchange.
- hot cupboardA container, normally of stainless steel, and sometimes portable, in which cooked food may be kept warm until being served; sometimes fitted with a bain marie
- linen cupboardSynonym of linen closet: A shelved closet or cupboard used for the storage of household linen, particularly bedlinen and associated bedding, but also bathroom and kitchen linen (towels, etc.).
- store cupboardA cupboard in which food ingredients are stored prior to cooking
- the cupboard is bareThere is little to no food or money.
- court-cupboardA movable sideboard or buffet on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special occasions.
- cry cupboardTo want or need food; to show signs of hunger.
- ice cupboardA large cupboard or room kept at a temperature lower than room temperature for long-term, stable storage of perishable foods.
- cries cupboardthird-person singular simple present indicative of cry cupboard: To want or need food; to show signs of hunger.
- cupboard-manOne of an order of disputants in the Inns of Court.
- cupboard-menplural of cupboard-man: One of an order of disputants in the Inns of Court.
Compound words 5
- cupboardlessWithout a cupboard or cupboards.
- cupboardfulAs much as a cupboard will hold.
- cupboardlikeResembling a cupboard.
- cupboardwiseIn the manner of a cupboard.
- storecupboardAlternative form of store cupboard: A cupboard in which food ingredients are stored prior to cooking