A larder is a small room, or a large cupboard, in a house where you keep food. It is an old British household word, from the days before almost every kitchen had a fridge. The room was meant to stay cool — often on the north side, with stone shelves — so butter, meat, cheese, bread, and jars would last. The name goes back to lard, the pig fat: it started as the place for meat and fat, then grew into the house's food store in general. You still find real larders in old farmhouses and country kitchens. In a modern flat, people might say larder for a tall food cupboard, a bit grandly. It is not a shop, and it is not the fridge itself. Think of it as the house's quiet food corner.