Pantry

  • 11pantry — [pan′trē] n. pl. pantries [ME paneterie < OFr < ML panetaria < L panis, bread: see FOOD] 1. a small room or closet off the kitchen, where cooking ingredients and utensils, china, etc. are kept 2. a small room between the kitchen and… …

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  • 12Pantry — A pantry is a room where food, provisions or dishes are stored and served in an ancillary capacity to the kitchen. The derivation of the word is from the same source as the Old French term paneterie ; that is from pain , the French form of the… …

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  • 13Pantry — This interesting and unusual surname is of French origin, and is occupational for the officer of the pantry, derived from the Anglo French paneter , from the Old French panetier . The officer of the pantry supplied the bread and had charge of the …

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  • 14Pantry — Pan|try auch: Pant|ry 〈[ pæ̣ntrı] f. 10; auf Schiffen od. in Flugzeugen〉 Anrichteraum [engl., „Speisekammer, Anrichteraum“] * * * Pan|t|ry [ pɛntri ], die; , s [engl. pantry < mengl. pan(e)trie < afrz. paneterie < mlat. panetaria = Raum… …

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  • 15pantry — noun /ˈpæntɹi/ A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to food storage and/or storing kitchenware. Since the pantry is not typically temperature controlled (unlike a refrigerator or root cellar), the… …

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  • 16pantry — UK [ˈpæntrɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms pantry : singular pantry plural pantries a small room for storing food, usually next to the kitchen …

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  • 17pantry — noun (plural pantries) Etymology: Middle English panetrie, from Anglo French paneterie, from paneter servant in charge of the pantry, from pain bread, from Latin panis more at food Date: 14th century 1. a room or closet used for storage (as of… …

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  • 18pantry — [13] A pantry is etymologically a ‘bread’ room. The word comes from Old French paneterie ‘cupboard for keeping bread’, a derivative of panetier ‘servant in charge of bread’. This was adopted from medieval Latin pānetārius, an alteration of late… …

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  • 19Pantry — Pan|try* [ pɛntri] die; , s <aus gleichbed. engl. pantry, dies über mittelengl. pan(e)trie, altfr. paneterie aus mlat. panetaria »Raum zur Aufbewahrung von Brot«, dies zu lat. panis »Brot«> Speisekammer, Raum zum Anrichten [auf Schiffen od …

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  • 20pantry — [[t]pæ̱ntri[/t]] pantries N COUNT A pantry is a small room or large cupboard in a house, usually near the kitchen, where food is kept. Syn: larder …

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