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.

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.