pantry
/ˈpæntɹi//ˈpantɹi/
pantry 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.
Noun
pantry (plural pantries)
- 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
- A break room.
- Synonyms:
- walk-in pantry, walk-in, larder, press
pantry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
pantry in Hindi
- पेंट्री
pantry in Tamil
- சாமானறை, சாமான் அறை, சரக்கறை, சரக்கு அறை, உக்கிராணம், களஞ்சிய அறை
pantry in Urdu
- نعمت خانہ, توشہ خانہ
pantry in Bengali
- ভাঁড়ার ঘর, খাদ্যশস্য রাখার ঘর
More languagesFewer languages
- pantry in Telugu
- ప్యాంట్రీ
- pantry in Malayalam
- കലവറ kalavaṟa
- pantry in Kannada
- ಅಡುಕಲ ಕೋಣೆ, ಅಡಕಲುಕೋಣೆ, ಅಡಕಿಲ ಕೋಣೆ
- pantry in Punjabi
- ਪੈਂਟਰੀ, ਪੇਂਟਰੀ
- pantry in Odia
- ପ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍ଟ୍ରି, ପେଣ୍ଟ୍ରି
- pantry in Nepali
- प्यान्ट्री, पेन्ट्री, प्यान्टरी
- pantry in Tagalog
- paminggalan
- pantry in Persian
- آبدارخانه âbdâr-xâne
- pantry in Thai
- ตู้กับข้าว dtûu-gàp-kâao
Examples of pantry in a sentence
- With a quick whisk, she swept the cat from the pantry with her broom.
- I always keep a tin of sea salt in the pantry.
- Ugh! The bread in the pantry has gone moldy.
Synonyms of pantry
- cupboard
- kitchen closet
- larder
- press
- kitchen cabinet
- walk-in pantry
- walk-in
Forms of pantry
| plural | pantries |
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Origin of pantry
From Middle English panetrie, from Old French paneterie, related to Latin panis (“bread”).
Words formed from pantry
Phrases with pantry
Words that rhyme with pantry
Questions about pantry
- What does pantry mean?
- Pantry means 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.
- What is pantry in Hindi?
- Pantry in Hindi is पेंट्री. See Pantry meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pantry?
- Pantry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pantry?
- Pantry is pronounced /ˈpæntɹi/.
- What is the plural of pantry?
- The plural of pantry is pantries.
Words near pantry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pantry (page history and authors); pantry (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pantry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pantry (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Pantry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pantry (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); കലവറ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); pantry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pantry (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pantry (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pantry (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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