pantry
[pan-tree]
- 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
Contemporary Examples
Parents can stock the pantry with healthy items for breakfast and dinner, but lunch is largely out of their hands.
While Nutella is a relatively new product for American consumers, it has lined European pantry shelves for decades.
At the corner store or in the medicine cabinet or next to the bread in the pantry—all seem closer at hand than black market pot.
He began as a pantry worker in 1952, and was promoted to butler years later.
Empty the pantry or put the candy in a high cupboard or simply keep a closer eye on the kid.
Historical Examples
Mom Beck had stepped into the pantry for more eggs for the cake she was making.
The Little ColonelAnnie Fellows Johnston
He paused for a moment, and then, before she had time to go to the pantry, he went on.
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
"Thy breakfast, Master Fireblaze, is in the pantry," answered the Steward.
The Merry Adventures of Robin HoodHoward Pyle
So each thrust his sword back into the scabbard and entered the pantry.
The Merry Adventures of Robin HoodHoward Pyle
And it was Abbe Paparelli who brought him to the pantry with his basket last night.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
pantry
- a small room or cupboard in which provisions, cooking utensils, etc, are kept; larder
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Word Origin
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
n.
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.
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