cupboardn.[Cup + board.]1. A board or shelf for cups and dishes.(Bacon.)2. A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet.()Cupboard love, interested love, or that which has an eye to the cupboard. A cupboard love is seldom true. Poor Robin. [Colloq.] -- To cry cupboard, to call for food; to express hunger. [Colloq.] My stomach cries cupboard. W. Irving.()v. t. To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.(Shak.)