larder

[lahr-der]

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noun

a room or place where food is kept; pantry.

a supply of food.

Origin of larder

1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French lardier. See lard, -er²

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Related Words for larder

provender, storage, pantry, groceries, supplies, stock

Examples from the Web for larder

Contemporary Examples of larder

At home, war has focused their attention on that most Ukrainian of treasures: a larder of homegrown preserves.
Mom and Pop on Ukraine’s Battle Line
Anna Nemtsova
June 2, 2014
You have taken to gnawing on dried pasta, the only thing left in your larder after days of gorging.
So You Are Enduring a Temporarily Paralyzing Winter Storm
Kelly Williams Brown
February 15, 2014
And the side dishes are going to be mostly true to the American larder as we understand it.
Sam Sifton’s Thanksgiving Tips
Katie Baker
November 1, 2012

Historical Examples of larder

Their noon meal is long since over; and their larder is not—is not—extensive.
The Gentleman From Indiana
Booth Tarkington
They had netted some white-fish over night, so their larder was freshly supplied.
Murder Point
Coningsby Dawson
His flock never allowed his cellar or his larder to become empty.
A Romance of the West Indies
Eugne Sue
An inward cellar within the buttery, which may serue for a Larder.
The English Husbandman
Gervase Markham
His larder, his cellar, and his barns, were by degrees exhausted.
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations
William Francis Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for larder

larder

noun

a room or cupboard, used as a store for food

Word Origin for larder

C14: from Old French lardier, from lard

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Word Origin and History for larder

c.1300, "supply of salt pork, bacon, and other meats," later in reference to the room for processing and storing such (late 14c.), from Anglo-French larder, Old French lardier "a place for meats," from Medieval Latin lardarium "a room for meats," from Latin lardum "lard, bacon" (see lard (n.)). Meaning "department of the royal household or of a monastic house in charge of stored meats" is mid-15c. Surname Lardner "person in charge of a larder" is attested from mid-12c.