English-Danish translations for cupboard

• skab
  I USA fandt man i maj et barometer, der var gået i stykker, i et skab i en skole. In the United States in May, somebody found a broken barometer in a storage cupboard in a school.
  En baby overlevede kun, fordi den i tide kunne skjules i et skab. A baby survived, but only because it had been hidden in a cupboard just as the men entered the flat.
  Vi gemmer desværre disse nyttige redskaber væk i vores institutionelle skab, hvor de risikerer at samle støv. Alas, we are keeping these valuable tools hidden away in our institutional cupboard where they are in danger of getting rusty.

Definition of cupboard

• A board or table use#Verb|used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet#Noun|buffet
• Things display#Verb|displayed on a sideboard; dishware, ''particularly'valuable plate
• A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for store#Verb|storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items
• Things stored in a cupboard; ''particularly'food
• To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.

Examples

• Put the cups back into the cupboard

Related words

• cupboardbed
• cupboard; wardrobe
• cupboard lining
• cupboard with shelves
• fume cupboard
• cleaner's cupboard
• broom cupboard
• cold cupboard
• shelf cupboard