Words for Things in Different Parts of the World

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Please post what you call either or both of these things, and where; then post a pic and say what you call it.

outlet.jpg outlet or socket

cupboards.jpg cupboards

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ossian said:
In Scotland we call them sockets and cupboards.
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A cupboard is a type of storage cabinet, often made of wood, used indoors to store household objects such as food, crockery, textiles and liquor, and protect them from dust and dirt.[SUP][1][/SUP]
The term cupboard was originally used to describe an open-shelved side table for displaying plates, cups and saucers. These open cupboards typically had between one and three display tiers, and at the time, a drawer or multiple drawers fitted to them. The word cupboard gradually came to mean a closed piece of furniture.[SUP][2][/SUP]
The word cupboard is also frequently used in British English to denote what Americans would call a closet.

CABINET:

A cabinet is a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors or drawers for storing miscellaneous items. Some cabinets stand alone while others are built into a wall or are attached to it like a medicine cabinet. Cabinets are typically made of wood or, now increasingly, of synthetic materials. Commercial grade cabinets, which differ in the materials used, are called casework.
Cabinets usually have one or more doors on the front, which are mounted with door hardware, and occasionally a lock. Many cabinets have doors and drawers or only drawers. Short cabinets often have a finished surface on top that can be used for display, or as a working surface, such as the countertops found in kitchens.
A cabinet intended for clothing storage is usually called a wardrobe or an armoire, or (in some countries) a closet if built in.
 
That is a duplex outlet, and they are different configurations in different countries.

Cabinet, locker, sideboard or cupboards.
 

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