(n) a scandal that is kept secret, Syn. skeleton in the cupboard, skeleton in the closet, Example:there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Court-cupboard

n. A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cupboard

n. [ Cup + board. ] 1. A board or shelf for cups and dishes. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cupboard love, interested love, or that which has an eye to the cupboard. “A cupboard love is seldom true.” Poor Robin. [ Colloq. ] --
To cry cupboard, to call for food; to express hunger. [ Colloq. ] “My stomach cries cupboard.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cupboard

v. t. To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

柜

[柜 / 櫃, guì] cupboard; cabinet; wardrobe #5626

橱柜

[橱柜 / 櫥櫃, chú guì] sideboard; cupboard holding table service; closet #16226

柜子

[柜子 / 櫃子, guì zi] cupboard; cabinet #17458

庋

[庋, guǐ] a cupboard or pantry to store #20646

匮

[匮 / 匱, guì] variant of 櫃|柜; a cupboard; a press; a wardrobe; shop-counter, See Also: 櫃, 柜 #45412

壁橱

[壁橱 / 壁櫥, bì chú] a built-in wardrobe or cupboard; closet #65313

碗柜

[碗柜 / 碗櫃, wǎn guì] cupboard #75229

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

カップボード

[kappubo-do] (n) cupboard

コーナーカップボード

[ko-na-kappubo-do] (n) corner cupboard

下駄箱;げた箱

[げたばこ, getabako] (n) shoe rack (in genkan); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)

戸棚

[とだな, todana] (n) cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; (P)

食器棚

[しょっきだな, shokkidana] (n) cupboard; sideboard

水屋

[みずや, mizuya] (n) purificatory font at shrines and temples; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; cupboard

鼠入らず

[ねずみいらず, nezumiirazu] (n) ratproof cupboard

袋戸

[ふくろど, fukurodo] (n) (See 袋棚・2) paper sliding door for the cupboard of a tokonoma

袋戸棚

[ふくろとだな, fukurotodana] (n) small cupboard on wall of tokonoma

袋棚

[ふくろだな, fukurodana] (n) (1) tea ceremony stand with an enclosed shelf (invented by Takeno Jouou); (2) (See 袋戸棚) small cupboard or closed shelf on the side of a tokonoma

地袋

[じぶくろ, jibukuro] (n) cupboard on the floor

茶箪笥

[ちゃだんす, chadansu] (n) cupboard or chest for tea implements

吊り戸棚;吊戸棚;釣り戸棚;釣戸棚

[つりとだな, tsuritodana] (n) hanging cupboard; wall cabinet

蝿帳;蠅帳

[はいちょう, haichou] (n) fly-net cupboard

簀の子;簀子

[すのこ, sunoko] (n) drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

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