A cupboard in a house which contains a hot water cylinder, typically fitted with shelves for airing clothes.
let it rise someplace warm like the hot water cupboard
Example sentencesExamples
Squeeze tea bags out after use, then place them on a flat tray to dry in the sun or in the hot water cupboard.
The creature was found sleeping in a hot water cupboard.
There was these three teddy bears all hiding in the hot water cupboard.
The mice come through the rotting wood in the hot water cupboard.
An unexploded mortar shell found in the hot water cupboard of an unoccupied Tauranga house has been safely removed.
A prisoner who escaped from the Otago Corrections Facility a week ago, has finally been found, hiding in a hot water cupboard in Milton.
To be fair, mice will come in to any warm place, such as the hot water cupboard, in winter, even if the house is spotless.
They had a great way of teaching us to wash our hands - they took samples before and after we washed them, labelled the petri dishes then put them in the hot water cupboard.
The controller box was mounted inside my hot water cupboard.