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pantry

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: House, Food, dish
pan·try /ˈpæntri/ noun (plural pantries) [countable]  DHHDFFa very small room in a house where food is kept 食品储藏室 SYN larder
Examples from the Corpus
pantryAnd the dining-room and the bedrooms and the kitchens and all the pantries and the pictures and silver and glass and carpets.After the first week they should have grown used to the idea that on some evenings the pantry will be bare.It was the only edible thing in the pantry.That night, the pantry and supply closet were overrun with rats.A maid peeks out of the pantry into the hall.I've seen it on the pantry shelf, Mrs Salt.The dishwasher was filled with plastic containers from Boston Market, but still the pantry was empty.You could walk in and through a tiny pantry to the backyard and to four one-room rentals.
Origin pantry (1200-1300) Old French paneterie, from pan bread
pan·try nounChineseSyllable
house very a where small in Corpus room a


pantry
pantry /ˈpæntri/ noun (plural pantries) [countable]
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Old French
 Origin: paneterie, from pan 'bread'
a very small room in a house where food is kept
   SYN  larder


pan·tryBrE /ˈpæntri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpæntri/ 🔊 noun (
plural
pan·tries
)
a cupboard/closet or small room in a house, used for storing food 食品贮藏室;食品贮藏柜 SYN larder