What does larder mean?
Word: Larder
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Larder means a cupboard or small, cool room in a house where food is kept.
How do you spell larder?
Syllables: lar - der
Tricky part: The last two letters are er. Said quickly, the end sounds like a soft 'duh', so pupils write lardar or lardur.
Watch out for: lardar, lardur
Memory tip: Let the e of the ending stand for eat: a larder holds what you will eat, and its last two letters are e and r.
Larder in a sentence
Example 1: Nani keeps her jars of mango pickle on the top shelf of the larder.
Example 2: We found a packet of biscuits hidden at the back of the larder.
Example 3: The old house in Shimla has a stone larder that stays cool even in May.
Fun Fact
Before fridges, British houses often had the larder on the coolest side of the building, with a small window covered in fine mesh to let air in and keep flies out.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:
l_r_er
a) e, d
b) u, d
c) a, t
d) a, d
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d) a, d. Larder is said LAH-duh: the first vowel is the a of car, and the middle consonant is d.
Mingle-Mangle
Rearrange the jumbled letters in the sentence to form the right word:
Rice, dal and bottles of oil are stored in the aerdlr next to the kitchen.
a) leader
b) harder
c) larder
d) louder
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c) larder. Count the r's: the jumble has two, and of the four options only larder and harder do; harder needs an h.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word larder as used in the sentence:
Mother sent me to the larder to fetch a tin of tomatoes.
a) attic
b) pantry
c) balcony
d) porch
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b) pantry. A pantry is also a small room or cupboard for storing food.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. celler 2. larder 3. cuboard 4. refridgerator
a) a room under the ground floor of a house
b) a place in the home where food supplies are stored
c) a piece of furniture with shelves and doors
d) an electric machine that keeps food cold
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b) a place in the home where food supplies are stored. Cupboard keeps its silent p, cellar ends in ar, and refrigerator has no d; larder is the only correct spelling.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would you expect to find on a larder shelf?
a) a sack of flour
b) a pair of shoes
c) a stack of comics
d) a spare blanket
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a) a sack of flour
2. If Granny says the larder is nearly bare, she means ____
a) the door has lost its handle
b) the shelves have all been taken out
c) there is little food left in the house
d) the walls need a new coat of paint
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c) there is little food left in the house
