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pantries

/ˈpæntɹiz/

pantries is the plural of pantry.

Meaning of pantry

Noun

pantry (plural pantries)

  1. (Canada, UK, US) 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.1960 April, “Restaurant cars and multiple-units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 222
    Synonyms:
    cupboard, kitchen closet, larder, press, kitchen cabinet
  2. (Hong-Kong) A break room.

Phrases with pantries

Questions about pantries

What is pantries the plural of?
Pantries is the plural of pantry.
How do you pronounce pantries?
Pantries is pronounced /ˈpæntɹiz/.

Words near pantries in the dictionary

  1. pantoufles
  2. pantoum
  3. pantoums
  4. pantoyllactone
  5. Pantperthog
  6. pantries
  7. pantriesful
  8. pantrophic
  9. pantropic
  10. pantropical
  11. pantropical spotted dolphin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pantries (page history and authors); pantry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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