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A pantry is a room in a domestic house used for food storage. The derivation of the word is from the Old French term paneterie, see Folk etymology. See also list of house types. ... Food storage is both a traditional domestic skill and an important industrial specialty. ... GRAND PANETIER is the French title (roughly Great Breadmaster) of one of the great officers of the French royal court, functional chief of the paneterie (the root of the English word pantry) or bread department, one of the 7 sections of the bouche du Roi or ... Folk etymology (or popular etymology) is a linguistic term for the modification of a word or phrase based on an analogy or an erroneous etymology which is popularly believed to be true. ...


A pantry may contain a thrawl, which is a term used in Yorkshire and Derbyshire, and is a stone slab or shelf used to keep food cool in the days before refrigeration was domestically available. The Yorkshire accent is the name generally given to the group of English accents used by the majority of people in the English county of Yorkshire. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive hill and mountain scenery. ... Refrigeration (from the Latin frigus, frost) is generally the cooling of a body by the transfer of a portion of its heat away from it. ...


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Pantry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (89 words)
A pantry is a room in a domestic house used for food storage.
The derivation of the word is from the Old French term paneterie, see Folk etymology.
A pantry may contain a thrawl, which is a term used in Yorkshire and Derbyshire, and is a stone slab or shelf used to keep food cool in the days before refrigeration was domestically available.
RoadTrip America® - The Original Pantry Cafe (327 words)
The Original Pantry Cafe may be dwarfed by the skyscrapers surrounding it, but it's far from intimidated.
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While the Pantry is known far and wide for breakfast, the restaurant is also famous for steaks.
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