larder

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman larder and Old French lardier, from Latin lardārium.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɑː.də/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɑɹ.dɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

Noun

larder (plural larders)

  1. A cool room in a domestic house where food is stored, but larger than a pantry.
  2. A food supply.
    • 1990, Stephen B. Vander Wall, Food Hoarding in Animals (page 243)
      Many of these cones had opened, and nuthatches visited the tree frequently to take seeds from the squirrel's larder.

Translations


French

Verb

larder

  1. to lard; to smear food with lard
  2. to stab; to pierce

Conjugation

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