pantry

[pan-tree]

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noun, plural pan·tries.

a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.

a room between the kitchen and dining room in which food is arranged for serving, glassware and dishes are stored, etc.

a shelter or other place where food is dispensed to the needy, either as groceries or as meals.

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Origin of pantry

1250–1300; Middle English panetrie < Anglo-French; Old French paneterie bread room, equivalent to panet(er) to bake bread (derivative of pan bread < Latin pānis) + -erie -ery

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Examples from the Web for pantry

Parents can stock the pantry with healthy items for breakfast and dinner, but lunch is largely out of their hands.
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While Nutella is a relatively new product for American consumers, it has lined European pantry shelves for decades.
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He began as a pantry worker in 1952, and was promoted to butler years later.
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Empty the pantry or put the candy in a high cupboard or simply keep a closer eye on the kid.
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Like other contemporary writer-chefs such as Alice Waters, Reusing also makes the case for a pantry renaissance.
Eat It Now!|Katrina Heron|April 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Opposite him was the window of the pantry, which faced the wall of the next house.
Visionaries|James Huneker
"There's the pantry window," she cried, arresting her tears.
Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles|Mrs. Henry Wood
At half-past seven next morning, I slipped quietly into Boots's pantry.
After Dark|Wilkie Collins
He built himself a room to repose and rest therein, and also a store-house and pantry to lay up the remainder of his victuals.
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In the little recess by the pantry window he felt more secure.
Tom Slade|Percy K. Fitzhugh

British Dictionary definitions for pantry

pantry

noun plural -tries

a small room or cupboard in which provisions, cooking utensils, etc, are kept; larder

Word Origin for pantry

C13: via Anglo-Norman, from Old French paneterie store for bread, ultimately from Latin pānis bread

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Word Origin and History for pantry

pantry

early 14c., from Anglo-French panetrie (Old French paneterie) "bread room," from Medieval Latin panataria "office or room of a servant who has charge of food" (literally "bread"), from Latin panis "bread" (see food). Sense in English has evolved so far that its roots in "bread" are no longer felt.