larder

Cool storage room

A larder is a cool room or large cupboard where food is stored, especially in older homes before refrigeration became standard.

The word now often refers to one's stock of food generally: a well-stocked larder, The storm left our larder bare.

storage

pantry

Household provisions closet

shelves · buttery · stillroom · coolroom · provisions · stockroom · cold storage · root cellar

contents

provisions

Stockpiled food and supplies

staples · victuals · comestibles · rations · sustenance · edibles · fare · stores · preserves · canned goods

preservation

curing

Restoring health or preserving

pickling · drying · fermenting · canning · potting · confit · jarring · cellaring · hanging

furniture

cabinet

Enclosed storage furniture

  • cupboardEnclosed storage furniture
  • chestRibcage region or strongbox
  • iceboxCold food storage chest

hutch · sideboard · armoire · shelving · food safe

abundance

overflowing

Exceeding capacity, spilling out

full · laden · replenished · provisioned · teeming · stocked · supplied · plenty · bounty

Categories
Opposites
food storage fullness

larderbare cupboard

famine · scarcity · want · starvation · hunger

storage method/temperature

larderfreezer

Subzero storage compartment

deep freeze · refrigerator · cold storage · ice box · icebox

provision vs. consumption

larderkitchen

Food preparation room

dining room · table · hearth

Phrases
Family

lard, larded, larding, larders, lardon

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G