Cupboard
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A cupboard (IPA: /ˈkʌb.ə(r)d/) is a type of cabinet, often made of wood, used indoors to store household objects such as food and crockery, and protect them from dust or other form of miasma.
Cupboards were originally covered. Recorded use of such a name dates back to at least the Middle Ages. For the last few centuries, "cupboard" has referred to a storage area enclosed by doors.
An airing cupboard is a domestic room more usually resembling a wardrobe in size and proportion, although sometimes large enough to be considered a small room, and which houses the boiler in a central heating installation. Shelves (usually slatted to allow for circulation of heat) are generally positioned above the boiler to provide storage for clothing, typically linen and towelling. Generally the purpose is to prevent damp rather than to dry wet clothing. It may also be called simply a 'boiler cupboard' and by certain regional names. In Ireland for example a common term is hot press.
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