Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

from The Century Dictionary.

  • 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.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
  • noun a supply of food especially for a household

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin lārdārium, from Latin lārdum, bacon.]

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  • This word was used in Cold Mountain.

    June 9, 2012