pantry, larder, buttery
(noun) a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pantry (plural pantries)
A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage and/or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.
Coordinate terms: larder, root cellar
• (room): walk-in pantry, walk-in, larder, press (Irish & Scots)
• (closet): cupboard (UK), kitchen closet, larder, press (Irish & Scots)
• (cabinet): cupboard, kitchen cabinet
• trypan
Source: Wiktionary
Pan"try, n.; pl. Pantries. Etym: [OE. pantrie, F. paneterie, fr. panetier pantler, LL. panetarius baker, panetus small loaf of bread, L. panis bread. Cf. Company, Pannier, Pantler.]
Definition: An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2025
(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
