Definition of Airing cupboard

1. Noun. A warm cupboard where you put newly washed clothes until they are completely dry.

Generic synonyms: Closet, Cupboard

Definition of Airing cupboard

1. Noun. A clothes storage cupboard built around a house's hot water system, using the heat to dry damp clothes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Airing Cupboard

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Literary usage of Airing cupboard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Violoncello: Its History, Selection, and Adjustment by Arthur Broadley (1921)
"I suppose no one would be so absurd as to keep the instrument in the airing cupboard, or near hot water pipes. A pupil in India informs me that at certain ..."

2. The Struggle Against Tuberculosis in Sweden, 1908 by Sture Carlsson (1908)
"To the north of the corridor there are the nurses' apartments, gas-stove kitchen, airing-cupboard and lavatory for the patients in the general wards. ..."

3. The Selfish Pig's Guide to Caring by Hugh Marriott (2003)
"So what she did instead was get all the towels out of the airing cupboard and stack them on the floor beside the bath. She removed the plastic chair, ..."

4. The Vigil by Harold Begbie (1907)
"Now," she cried triumphantly, " they have three pair of the best white wool; their night things is put in the airing cupboard first thing of a morning, ..."

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