cabin

Meaning

Noun

1. A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
2. (informal) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
3. A private room on a ship.
4. The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
5. The passenger area of an airplane.
6. The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.
7. (informal) A signal box.
8. A small room; an enclosed place.
9. A private office; particularly of a doctor, businessman, lawyer, or other professional.

Verb

1. To place in a cabin or other small space.
2. To limit the scope of.
3. (obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.

Synonyms

hut

🛖

cottage

shack

shed

cubicle

lodge

cockpit

stateroom

cage

booth

shanty

compartment

room

tent

⛺

signal cabin

chamber

cabana

changing room

stall

humpy

insulate

intern

isolate

line

locker room

log cabin

module

pen

🖊️

post

prison

quarantine

rope in

saloon

section

sequester

sequestrate

shut off

signal box

small

small room

square

workshop

cordon off

rope off

compart

temporary shed

engine compartment

passenger compartment

block house

shelter of branches

machinery space

plant room

body section

block post

apartment

AE signal tower

berth

block

box

📦

bungalow

cab

cants

carriage

class

closet

coop

corridor

cote

couchette

crib

engine room

granary

hold

hovel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæbɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”); see further etymology there. Doublet of cabana and cabane.