A: Where do you put plates and cups?
B: In a cupboard.
A: A cupboard.
B: Yes, a cup board. You see, this is a plate and this is a cup.
A: I understand, a cup board, a cupboard.
B: Yes, …
Do they really say “cup board”? ←
Is “cup board” the same as “cupboard”? If no, What does it mean?
Thank you
It’s a common word. It’s usually pronounced without the P sound, as you can hear in the audio when she pronounces it at normal speed. Chips exaggerated the P sound to match the spelling, but it’s not really pronounced that way.
The word cupboard is closely related to cabinet. I had to look it up to find out the difference. Apparently cupboards are freestanding, and cabinets are built into the wall. However the two words are often used interchangeably. I would call the one in the picture a cabinet.
I read that the British sometimes use the word differently to mean what Americans call a closet. I don’t know if that’s true or not.
Thank you so much, NearlyNapping 
Very nice.
I haven’t heard cupboard much lately except for referring to a corner cupboard. This is a triangular shaped cupboard that sits in the corner.
They are pointing out that “cupboard” is a compound word made up of “cup” and “board”, but it no longer sounds like either of these. As NN pointed out, there is no “p”. The second syllable is also minimized so it is more just like a “brd” sound. The pronunciation in the second line of the dialogue is good, essentially “cu-brd”.
Thank you so much, Arinker
Very nice.
I did some digging into this. I said it was a common word because I’ve heard it a lot. But after thinking about it, I have mostly heard it from much older people. Both of my parents used the word.
Apparently the word cupboard is still used in British English, but rarely used in American English.
A lot of (most?) ESL is taught in British English, but I have noticed that most non-native English speakers use American English terms and spelling.
