cupboard

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Longer-life products such as canned goods or cereals are used to help stock the school's community cupboard.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

She says it was only "a few years ago" when she and fellow contestant Amy Gledhill were performing in a Leeds club "where the green room is essentially a cupboard with beer barrels as seats".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The divestment of its remaining food brands would be a milestone for a group that long championed holding pantry and bathroom staples in one corporate cupboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

During a break, Mathiassen pulled a photo album from the cupboard.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

I knew exactly where the basket was, on a shelf in the kitchen cupboard, and where the greens grew.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien