larder

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a cool room or cupboard used for storing food

   Jars of preserves and wheels of cheese lined the shelves of the larder.

2. 2
   noun

   a household's supply of stored food

   They filled the larder before the first winter storm arrived.

Simplified etymology

Larder entered English in the Middle English period from a French word meaning “bacon.” It originally denoted a place for storing bacon and is related to lard and lardon.

From Middle English larder, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French lardier, 'a place for storing bacon or meat,' ultimately from Latin lardarium, from lardum ('bacon'). Its meaning broadened from a meat store to a room or cupboard for food generally.

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