larder

as in pantry
a small room or area where food is kept found all the ingredients needed for the recipe in the larder

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Recent Examples of larder In 2020, during lockdown, some restaurants opened their larders to stay afloat, selling their go-to olive oils and anchovies. Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024 Caves became homes and lagoons became larders (and in some cases, both still are today). Vogue, 17 Feb. 2023 Gemma's body in the trunk at the foot of the bed and move it to the game larder. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023 And York St John University opened a larder for students just before Christmas, offering free food, toiletries and stationary to help students with the cost of living. Nick Morrison, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for larder
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Noun
  • At the Bishop Sullivan Center food pantry, hundreds of low-income families are getting fewer groceries in their monthly pickups after the USDA halted $500 million worth of deliveries to food banks.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Personally, do volunteering at food pantries and several other charities in town.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The war in Ukraine also exposed just how bare Washington’s military cupboard is.
    MICHAEL BROWN, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Luck is a necessity when an NBA team begins a rebuild without a top-flight star to trade and without extra future first-round draft picks in its cupboard, as the Wizards did two years ago.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Larder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larder. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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