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What do they call a closet in England?

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British English doesn't much use closet as a noun, though the verb still has common currency. Water closet for toilet, lavatory or loo is archaic. Our closets are nearly always figurative. My understanding is that American cupboards always hang on walls, as British ones can also do.


Also question is, what do Americans call a cupboard?

The word cupboard exists in both American and British English, but whereas a British cupboard can be used for storing all sorts of things, from clothes to toys, to Americans a cupboard is almost always a kitchen cupboard - a place for storing food or dishware.

Also, do British houses have closets? Most British houses do not have closets or other cabinets for storage; instead, they often have wardrobes where they store stuff. Most people find that all of their furniture will fit in their house.

Also asked, why is it called a closet?

Other uses of the word In Elizabethan and Middle English, closet referred to a small private room, an inner sanctum within a much larger house, used for prayer, reading, or study. The use of "closet" for "toilet" dates back to 1662.

What do British people call their house?

In British English a dwelling that occupies more than one story of a house, but is not all of that house, is typically called a maisonette. Maisonette (n) 1818, "small house," from French maisonnette, diminutive of maison "house" (11c.), from Latin mansionem (see mansion).

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