larder
Americannoun
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a room or place where food is kept; pantry.
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a supply of food.
noun
Etymology
Origin of larder
1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French lardier. See lard, -er 2
Example Sentences
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She said the university provides more than £7m in bursaries and hardship funds each year, as well as running financial literacy courses and setting up a student essentials larder.
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The community larder was launched several years ago when volunteers found there was plenty of surplus produce from local allotments that could be donated to those in need.
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A charity that redistributes food to community larders delivered about 15,000 more meals to people in July compared to the same period last year.
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It is the fifth year that the larder has organised a "food rescue" mission, with about 500 people taking advantage of last year's event.
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The dynamic duo consumed "a week's worth of honey", the trust said, as well as jam and other supplies - prompting a "sugar rush" and leaving a depleted larder in their wake.
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