Larder

Word LARDER
Character 6
Hyphenation lard er
Pronunciations /ˈlɑː.də/

Definitions and meanings of "Larder"

What do we mean by larder?

A place, such as a pantry or cellar, where food is stored. noun

A supply of food. noun

Slaughter. noun

A room in which bacon and other meats are kept or salted; hence, a depository of provisions in general for a household; a pantry. noun

The stock of provisions in a house; provisions as served. noun

One who lards, as meat. noun

A room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked. noun

A cool room in a domestic house where food is stored; a pantry noun

A food supply noun

A small storeroom for storing foods or wines noun

A supply of food especially for a household noun

A cool room in a domestic house where food is stored, but larger than a pantry.

A food supply.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Larder

The word "larder" in example sentences

Having partly roasted the remainder of the birds, as well as the frogs and lizards, to assist in preserving them we hung them up in a shady place which we called our larder, under a thick branch, where we hoped they would keep sweet till they were required for food. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

It's similar to the English word larder, where perishable food and drink were stored before we all had refrigerators. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The word "larder" is a nice one, because it means both a place where food is stored, and a supply of food, especially for a household. ❋ Lindy (2005)

So, a couple of hours and $200 later, the larder is well stocked once again. ❋ Unknown (2007)

When the larder is dry, there may be also bacon racks fixed to the ceiling; but, if the situation should be damp, these will be better in the kitchen. ❋ Jane (1845)

Our larder is not too much encumbered with provision. ❋ Unknown (1823)

And I don't know anyone who would say they have a "larder"-probably because what would have been in a larder, is in a fridge now. ❋ Lindy (2008)

Among other things I've done in the past two hours: housing works (found book 3 of a trilogy my mother had started but I don't think she ever found books 2 or 3 yet), The Strand (a mere 11 books, $18 and change), and 12th Steet Books ($16 and change for 7 books, mostly Robert Barnard mysteries, but I also got a Colin Dexter Inspector Morse to try and an old non-series Lawrence Block, etc.), and a quick visit to the Westside Market since, obviously, the larder is bare. ❋ Desayunoencama (2007)

But to fit that collectionIn an airplane’s hold sectionTo get back to my larder is harder. ❋ John Merwin (2008)

And a larder is a place where meat etc is kept from O Fr 'lardier' - a bacon tub. ❋ Lindy (2008)

The moonlight shone in at the window - but standing by the larder was a stout, formidable figure, half in moonlight, half in shadow. ❋ Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 (1952)

There was one appalling night when the treasury was entirely depleted, and the larder was a veritable Mother Hubbard's cupboard. ❋ Belle Kanaris Maniates (N/A)

The most welcome addition to our larder was a green sea-turtle, weighing a full hundred pounds and appearing on the table most appetizingly in steaks, soups, and stews, and finally in a wonderful curry which tempted all hands into eating more rice than was good for them. ❋ Unknown (1913)

The boy remembered how the reapers in his home had returned from their day's work, cheerful and happy, and how the best his mother had in the larder was always spread for them; while here, after the arduous work of the day, they must rest on hard benches in a cabin that was worse than an outhouse. ❋ Unknown (1911)

The persistence with which the Philanthus retains her clasp upon the encumbering burden shows plainly that the game would go straight to the larder were the insect at liberty. ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

Every man of consequence carries with him a kind of portable larder, which is a box with a shelf in the middle, and a sliding door. ❋ Frank Marryat (1840)

He questioned M. de Pommereul as to the main facts about the Chouans; he jotted down in his notebook, which he afterwards came to call his larder, a host of original anecdotes preserved by oral tradition; and he roamed the whole countryside, fixing in his mind the landscapes and the gestures, attitudes and physiognomies of the peasants, and saturating himself with the atmosphere of the region in which he was to place the chief scenes of his drama. ❋ Albert Keim (1911)

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