pantry

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.

   Next to the saloon is the pantry, which includes a wine cabinet, J. E. Hall bottle-cooling unit, a Stills Café set and ample cupboard space.

2. 2
   noun

   a small storeroom for storing foods or wines

3. 3
   noun

   A break room.

Simplified etymology

Pantry, recorded in Middle English, ultimately derives from Latin panis, meaning “bread.” Its origin places it in the same word family as companion and pannier.

From Middle English panetrie, from Old French paneterie, related to Latin panis (“bread”).

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