Larder
noun
A room or large cupboard in a house where food is kept.
She opened the door to the larder and took out some vegetables for dinner.
Often appears as...
- stock the larder
- empty the larder
noun
A room or large cupboard in a house where food is kept.
She opened the door to the larder and took out some vegetables for dinner.
Often appears as...
- stock the larder
- empty the larder
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Not a Fridge
A larder is not for cold storage like a fridge, but more like a room for dry or cool goods.
Before refrigerators, every household kept their perishables in the larder.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Usage
Historically common, but the term 'larder' is now more often replaced by 'pantry'.
Grandma refers to the pantry as the larder, a term she learned from her parents.
Pro Tip 3/3British English
More typical in British English, and might sound old-fashioned to American speakers.
They noticed the use of 'larder' in the British novel but never in their American textbooks.
Pro Tip 1/3Not a Fridge
A larder is not for cold storage like a fridge, but more like a room for dry or cool goods.
Before refrigerators, every household kept their perishables in the larder.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Usage
Historically common, but the term 'larder' is now more often replaced by 'pantry'.
Grandma refers to the pantry as the larder, a term she learned from her parents.
Pro Tip 3/3British English
More typical in British English, and might sound old-fashioned to American speakers.
They noticed the use of 'larder' in the British novel but never in their American textbooks.
Pro Tip 1/3Not a Fridge
A larder is not for cold storage like a fridge, but more like a room for dry or cool goods.
Before refrigerators, every household kept their perishables in the larder.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Usage
Historically common, but the term 'larder' is now more often replaced by 'pantry'.
Grandma refers to the pantry as the larder, a term she learned from her parents.
Pro Tip 3/3British English
More typical in British English, and might sound old-fashioned to American speakers.
They noticed the use of 'larder' in the British novel but never in their American textbooks.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
it on a spike very commonly seen with barbed wire it acts as a larder for advertising territory advertising the ability to provide food and it also assists in the ripping much bigger prey if you've seen the birds most birds they swallow their
Video examples
Danny Hillis:...
So if I can make an analogy, let's say that you were trying to tell the difference between a good restaurant, a healthy restaurant and a sick restaurant, and all you had was the list of ingredients that they had in their larder.
Video examples
Young Leopard Steals...
and spots a kill stashed in a tree, almost certainly by his own mother. And, like any teenager, he thinks nothing of raiding her larder.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
it on a spike very commonly seen with barbed wire it acts as a larder for advertising territory advertising the ability to provide food and it also assists in the ripping much bigger prey if you've seen the birds most birds they swallow their
Video examples
Danny Hillis:...
So if I can make an analogy, let's say that you were trying to tell the difference between a good restaurant, a healthy restaurant and a sick restaurant, and all you had was the list of ingredients that they had in their larder.
Video examples
Young Leopard Steals...
and spots a kill stashed in a tree, almost certainly by his own mother. And, like any teenager, he thinks nothing of raiding her larder.
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Joel Salatin
American Author
Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen. Start building up your larder! We don't even use that term any more.
Quote examples
Joel Salatin
American Author
Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen. Start building up your larder! We don't even use that term any more.
Example 1 of 1
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