Meaning & use

larder

noun·Advanced

A room or large cupboard used for storing food, especially before refrigerators were common.

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The cook kept jars of preserves neatly lined up on the shelves of the larder.

By late winter, the family's larder held little more than potatoes and dried beans.

A note on using this word

Larder is somewhat old-fashioned in everyday American speech, where pantry is now the more common word.

Words with a similar meaning

pantrystoreroom

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