Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a cupboard.

Etymologies

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cupboard +‎ -like

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Examples

  • A tiny, cupboardlike room was all Claire could see behind her mother—and another door, this time painted black, like the walls and ceiling.

    Claire de Lune Christine Johnson 2010

  • A tiny, cupboardlike room was all Claire could see behind her mother—and another door, this time painted black, like the walls and ceiling.

    Claire de Lune Christine Johnson 2010

  • They remained shut in the cupboardlike room for hours at a time.

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • They remained shut in the cupboardlike room for hours at a time.

    Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • Still talking-and now beyond his habitual surliness were tokens that he felt some pleasure at the sight of his brother"Gregg burst into a cupboardlike room.

    Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959

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