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My "something else" for storing clothes in the bedroom is what I called a dresser/dresser drawers. Or the closet.
My closet is built into the wall, but I still call it... well, a closet. And then I also have the dresser. I tend to think of wardrobes as separate pieces of furniture, not built-in. But that's just how I call it.
You know, I never use the word cupboard. Never. I wonder why that word fell out of practice around me. Is this an American thing or an Emmie thing? Huh.
Cabinet in the kitchen. Pantry for what's essentially a closet for food. But everything else is just a closet. You might say "linen closet", "hallway closet" and "bedroom closet/my closet".
Ah, chest of drawers. I think I've used that in the past, but mostly it's dresser.
Cabinet in the kitchen. Pantry for what's essentially a closet for food. But everything else is just a closet. You might say "linen closet", "hallway closet" and "bedroom closet/my closet".
Ah, chest of drawers. I think I've used that in the past, but mostly it's dresser.
Huh, interesting. I never really had distinction because it's all just a cabinet. Except where my clothes are, that is a closet. Maybe cause I like things simple or it could be my dad's English wasn't always the best so it was easier to just call anything with doors that didn't have clothes in it a cabinet. LOL
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drop_the_u, it looks like "kitchen cupboard" is a West America thing, and "kitchen cabinet" is East America.
No news on the rest of the world, yet...
drop_the_u, it looks like "kitchen cupboard" is a West America thing, and "kitchen cabinet" is East America.No news on the rest of the world, yet...
I was confused by your "laundry room" question.
However, I think that armoires, which can be used for the bedroom or the dining room, should have been mentioned.
Also, in the kitchen, one can put food in the pantry, but if one has no pantry, then there is always the cupboard :)
However, I think that armoires, which can be used for the bedroom or the dining room, should have been mentioned.
Also, in the kitchen, one can put food in the pantry, but if one has no pantry, then there is always the cupboard :)
See, to me that is a hutch or you put china before it to make it a china cabinet or china hutch.
I think it depends on region and what you grew up with. If your parents/family called it X, then it would be X. I don't think there is really any right or wrong, is there? I mean, just what works for you?
I think it depends on region and what you grew up with. If your parents/family called it X, then it would be X. I don't think there is really any right or wrong, is there? I mean, just what works for you?
However, I think that armoires, which can be used for the bedroom or the dining room, should have been mentioned.
*reaches for dictionary...*
I was confused by your "laundry room" question.
I imagine several people will be. :)
In Australia, it's a very normal part of the house.
Also, in the kitchen, one can put food in the pantry, but if one has no pantry, then there is always the cupboard :)
So, there's a distinction in your mind between "cupboard we put all the food in" and "cupboard designed for putting food in"?
*reaches for dictionary...*
I was confused by your "laundry room" question.
I imagine several people will be. :)
In Australia, it's a very normal part of the house.
Also, in the kitchen, one can put food in the pantry, but if one has no pantry, then there is always the cupboard :)
So, there's a distinction in your mind between "cupboard we put all the food in" and "cupboard designed for putting food in"?
My "something else" for storing sheets is called a linen press. Actually, to be more precise, when I am in my mother's house it's a linen press. In my house it's a linen cupboard. Switching between the two terms is so completely automatic with me that I don't even notice it.
I don't think there is really any right or wrong, is there? I mean, just what works for you?
True - although if I've learnt one thing from the incy wincy spider debate, it's that people are willing to defend "what I grew up with" to the death...
I'd only ever expect "hutch" to be something you put rabbits in. :)
True - although if I've learnt one thing from the incy wincy spider debate, it's that people are willing to defend "what I grew up with" to the death...
I'd only ever expect "hutch" to be something you put rabbits in. :)
Oh no--we have a laundry room/ part of the basement designated for laundry, but there isn't anything like a closet or something in it...
So, there's a distinction in your mind between "cupboard we put all the food in" and "cupboard designed for putting food in"?
Well, no.
It is typical for only/predominately dishes to be in a cupboard. However, not every house comes with a pantry (at my old house, we had a pantry, but at my current one, not so much). So, if there is no pantry, cupboards can be utilized for dry goods, and no one will look at you crazy if you do ;)
So, there's a distinction in your mind between "cupboard we put all the food in" and "cupboard designed for putting food in"?
Well, no.
It is typical for only/predominately dishes to be in a cupboard. However, not every house comes with a pantry (at my old house, we had a pantry, but at my current one, not so much). So, if there is no pantry, cupboards can be utilized for dry goods, and no one will look at you crazy if you do ;)
Hmm, that is very interesting (as I'm sure this discussion will be as well) that it looks again, to be what you grew up with, what is familiar to you.
I saw above that you had commented to angearia that it seems to be split with Americans and I would tend to agree. My mom is East Coast, she called it cabinets and hutch. My West Coast friends call it cupboard.
I bet if you googled kitchen cupboard and kitchen cabinet, the same results would come up. Seems to be a regional thing. Like pop and soda and Coke (as in people calling ALL carbonated beverages Coke despite brand).
I saw above that you had commented to angearia that it seems to be split with Americans and I would tend to agree. My mom is East Coast, she called it cabinets and hutch. My West Coast friends call it cupboard.
I bet if you googled kitchen cupboard and kitchen cabinet, the same results would come up. Seems to be a regional thing. Like pop and soda and Coke (as in people calling ALL carbonated beverages Coke despite brand).
Oh no--we have a laundry room/ part of the basement designated for laundry, but there isn't anything like a closet or something in it...
But... where do you put all the spare laundry detergent? And the vacuum cleaner? And the pet shampoo? And the spare batteries? And the buckets?
But... where do you put all the spare laundry detergent? And the vacuum cleaner? And the pet shampoo? And the spare batteries? And the buckets?
I bet if you googled kitchen cupboard and kitchen cabinet, the same results would come up. Seems to be a regional thing. Like pop and soda and Coke (as in people calling ALL carbonated beverages Coke despite brand).
Very possibly a regional thing.
(You guys should just start calling them "soft drinks", like sensible people do...)
Very possibly a regional thing.
(You guys should just start calling them "soft drinks", like sensible people do...)
OH! I forgot I had this page bookmarked from an old paper I did. It's old but still a good resource.
Pop vs Soda by region
Another interesting look at regional differences to say the least.
Pop vs Soda by region
Another interesting look at regional differences to say the least.
Heh, this tickled me :)
The laundry detergent and what have you--we have a table for that stuff by the dryer.
The vacuum cleaner, since it's used upstairs, is in a closet on the first floor, and not the basement with the laundry stuff.
The rest--the back porch. Except for the batteries--that goes in a junk drawer in the kitchen.
The laundry detergent and what have you--we have a table for that stuff by the dryer.
The vacuum cleaner, since it's used upstairs, is in a closet on the first floor, and not the basement with the laundry stuff.
The rest--the back porch. Except for the batteries--that goes in a junk drawer in the kitchen.
Also, dressers and chests for clothing--totally forgot...
"The one with doors"--I think she meant a chest/armoire.
Unless I am just plain wrong...
And I too use the word cabinet instead of cupboard. I think my grandma sometimes uses cupboard though...
<--is going to stop spamming this entry :P
Unless I am just plain wrong...
And I too use the word cabinet instead of cupboard. I think my grandma sometimes uses cupboard though...
<--is going to stop spamming this entry :P
So who wants to talk about what you call soft drinks? Soda? Pop? Anyone?
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