cleaning cupboard

noun
UK /ˈkliːnɪŋ ˈkʌbəd/
US /ˈkliːnɪŋ ˈkʌbərd/

A small closet where you keep things for cleaning, like soap and a mop.

Mom keeps the broom and the soap in the cleaning cupboard under the stairs.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A cabinet in a kitchen or bathroom for storing cleaning supplies.

She reached into the cleaning cupboard for a sponge.

3. A room or storage space set aside for janitorial equipment in a school or office.

The janitor locked the cleaning cupboard after school.

4. A small built-in space for brooms, mops, and buckets.

The flat has a tiny cleaning cupboard by the front door.