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cupboard [ˈkʌbəd] N

airing cupboard N

walk-in cupboard N

Usage examples with cupboard

a skeleton in the cupboard
不可外扬的家丑 bùkě wàiyáng de jiāchǒu
a skeleton in the cupboard [or closet]
隐情 yǐnqíng
The plates don't belong in the cupboard.
这些盘子不应放在碗橱里。

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In the church are two cupboards dated 1737 which were used for the distribution of the bread charities.
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A mechanism then opened the back of one of five cupboards.
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Much information which he suspected was sent to him by over-officious and malignant people, was found in his cupboards after his death, unopened.
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She is spotted by the tourists, who believe her to be a ship cat, and the captain shuts her in a cupboard.
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His bedroom is spartan; containing little more than a narrow bed and a few battered cupboards.
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The interior walls and cupboards of the studio were made of wood recovered from a railroad car.
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There is a cupboard in the instrument panel and the instruments and ashtray are centrally placed.
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Prior designed wardrobes, and cupboards in the gallery and dining room, and settles.
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Such items include a grandfather clock, hope chest, and a kitchen cupboard.
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There are no protruding sinks or cupboards in the wards so patients are less likely to hurt themselves.
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