English-Dutch translations for cupboard

• kast
  Alle naties hebben historische lijken in de kast. All nations have skeletons in their historical cupboards.
  Een baby overleefde de moordpartij omdat hij tijdig in een kast kon worden verstopt. A baby survived, but only because it had been hidden in a cupboard just as the men entered the flat.
  Waarom heeft de Commissie deze lijken in de kast niet bij de beoordeling betrokken? Why did the Commission not take these skeletons in the cupboard into consideration during the assessment?
• keukenkast

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