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pantry

[pan-tree]

noun

plural

pantries 
  1. a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.

  2. a room between the kitchen and dining room in which food is arranged for serving, glassware and dishes are stored, etc.

  3. food pantry.a shelter or other place where food is dispensed to people experiencing food insecurity, either as groceries or as meals.



pantry

/ ˈæԳٰɪ /

noun

  1. a small room or cupboard in which provisions, cooking utensils, etc, are kept; larder

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pantry1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English panetrie, from Anglo-French; Old French paneterie “bread room,” equivalent to panet(er) “to bake bread” (derivative of pan “bread,” from Latin Ծ ) + -erie noun suffix; -ery
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pantry1

C13: via Anglo-Norman, from Old French paneterie store for bread, ultimately from Latin Ծ bread
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Student Aimee Stevenson, 20, helps other students at Queen's University Belfast's pantry.

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At this point, she decided to add some dried mushrooms that she had bought from an Asian grocer in Melbourne several months earlier and stored in a container in her pantry.

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Organisers of a new community pantry to help people who are struggling and needing food say there has been high demand for their help.

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Keep a few in your pantry for when the high hits and you want real food, fast.

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Sure, there were treats: my mom’s chocolate chip cookies on Friday nights, Chips Ahoy stashed in the pantry, those era-defining SnackWell’s packets in their austere green boxes.

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