pantries

Kitchen storage rooms

Pantries is the plural of pantry, a small room or closet used for storing food, dishes, and kitchen supplies.

Historically, pantries were essential features of homes before refrigeration became common.

The word now often describes any dedicated food storage space: She stocked the pantries with canned goods before the storm.

storage

shelves

Horizontal storage platforms

jars · containers · bins · organized · stocked · provisions · supplies · inventory · stockpile · reserves

architecture

walk-in

Without prior booking

adjacent · doorway · built-in · cabinetry · fitted · alcove · nook · scullery · cold room · cellar

food-security

food bank

Nonprofit distributing free groceries

hunger · assistance · nonprofit · volunteers · distribution · families · needy · outreach · charitable · drives

household

organizing

Systematically putting in order

grocery · rotation · expiration · labels · baskets · tidying · systematic · efficient · accessible · arrangement

Categories
Opposites
storage temperature/preservation method

pantriesrefrigerators

Appliances that chill food

freezers · fridges · iceboxes · cold storage · deep freezers

storage vs. consumption spaces

pantriesdining rooms

Rooms for meals

dining halls · kitchens · mess halls · banquet halls

abundance vs. emptiness

pantriesempty shelves

Storage with nothing stored

famine · scarcity · want · hunger

Phrases
Family

cupboard, pantry, larder, storeroom, provisioning

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G