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larder

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɑː.də/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈlɑɹ.dɚ/
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: L AA1 R D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A cool room in a domestic house where food is stored.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A food supply.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a small storeroom for storing foods or wines

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pantry, buttery

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: storeroom, storage room, stowage

Narrower terms: stillroom, still room

4

noun

Meaning 4

a supply of food especially for a household

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, victuals

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English larder, from Anglo-Norman larder and Old French lardier, from Latin lardārium. By surface analysis, lard + -er.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: килер (kiler) — cool room used as food storage
  • Burmese: ကြောင်အိမ် (kraung-im) — cool room used as food storage
  • Catalan: rebost — cool room used as food storage
  • Dutch: provisiekamer — cool room used as food storage
  • Estonian: sahver — cool room used as food storage
  • Finnish: ruokakomero — cool room used as food storage
  • French: garde-manger — cool room used as food storage
  • French: cellier — cool room used as food storage
  • Galician: despensa — cool room used as food storage
  • Galician: fresqueira — cool room used as food storage
  • German: Kühlraum — cool room used as food storage
  • German: Speisekammer — cool room used as food storage
  • German: Vorratsraum — cool room used as food storage
  • Hungarian: spájz — cool room used as food storage
  • Hungarian: éléskamra — cool room used as food storage
  • Latin: lardarium — cool room used as food storage
  • Māori: pātaka — cool room used as food storage
  • Māori: kōpapa — cool room used as food storage
  • Norwegian: spiskammer — cool room used as food storage
  • Plautdietsch: Äteskoma — cool room used as food storage
  • Polish: spiżarnia — cool room used as food storage
  • Portuguese: despensa — cool room used as food storage
  • Romanian: cămară — cool room used as food storage
  • Russian: кладова́я (kladovája) — cool room used as food storage
  • Russian: кладо́вка (kladóvka) — cool room used as food storage
  • Serbo-Croatian: остава (ostava) — cool room used as food storage
  • Spanish: despensa — cool room used as food storage
  • Spanish: alacena — cool room used as food storage
  • Swedish: skafferi — cool room used as food storage
  • Turkish: kiler — cool room used as food storage
  • Ukrainian: комора (komora) — cool room used as food storage
  • Volapük: viktualacem — cool room used as food storage