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larder

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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lar·der /ˈlɑːdə $ ˈlɑːrdər/ noun [countable]  DHHa small room or large cupboard for storing food in a house 〔家中的〕食品贮藏室;食品贮藏柜 pantry
Examples from the Corpus
larderMore faces can easily be loaded on to a machine, like stocking a larder with exotic ingredients.Think that crops in our fields are a free larder? 5.And the larder was locked again.No dead birds in the larder in springtime.One City caterer has found a novel use for it in the larder.It's in the larder, so the cats don't get at it.To my relief I found there was an unopened bottle of wine in the larder.But the fact remains: Corn is an inherent ingredient in our traditional larder.
Origin larder (1200-1300) Old French lardier, from lard; → LARD1
lar·der nounChineseSyllable
room Corpus storing in or small for a food cupboard large a


larder
larder /ˈlɑːdə $ ˈlɑːrdər/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Old French
 Origin: lardier, from lard; lard1
a small room or large cupboard for storing food in a house ⇨ pantry


lar·derBrE /ˈlɑːdə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɑːrdər/ 🔊 noun (especially BrE) a cupboard/closet or small room in a house, used for storing food, especially in the past (尤指旧时的)食物橱柜,食物贮藏室 SYN pantry