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cabinet

Meaning

  1. A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
  2. A cupboard.
  3. (figuratively) A source of valuable things; a storehouse.
  4. The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.
  5. (historical) A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
  6. A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
  7. (capitalized, often) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.
  8. (capitalized, often) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.
  9. (archaic) A small chamber or private room.
  10. (capitalized, often) A collection of art or ethnographic objects.
  11. (dialectal) Milkshake.
  12. (obsolete) A hut; a cottage; a small house.
  13. An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkæb.ɪ.nɪt/
Etymology

From cabin + -et, influenced by French cabinet. In sense of “a government group”, compare salon, also named for a room used to gather.

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