larder English · revision 1397

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈlɑː.də/ ''(UK)''; /ˈlɑɹ.dɚ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English,^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|xno|larder|t=place for meats]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) corresponding to Old French ''lardier'' “tub for bacon”,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) from [[la-med|lardārium|t=room for meats]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) from [[la|lārdum|t=lard, bacon]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) It is related to [[lard]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A supply of meat (about 1300)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and a room where meat and other provisions are kept (about 1305).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The larder was originally where bacon and salted meats were processed and stored.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) By the mid-15th century the word also named a department of a royal or monastic household,^(Etymonline) and from the 1620s it was used figuratively of any storehouse.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The surname ''Lardner'' “keeper of a larder” is from the same root.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * about 1300 – a supply of meat.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * about 1305 – a room for meat and provisions.^(OED 1989)

+ * mid-15th century – a household department for stored meat.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1623 – figurative, a storehouse.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1919 – the store of prey kept by a shrike.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A room or cupboard where food is stored; a [[pantry]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A supply of food.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lard]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}