Cab

Quick meaning: Cab is a noun meaning A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.

Meaning

A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.

More Meanings

1. A similar compartment in other vehicles.
2. A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower.
3. Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys.
4. To travel by taxicab.
5. (video games, informal) An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.
6. (historical) Any of several two- or four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet.
7. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure.

Example Sentences

to take a cab

And I'm phoning a cab / 'Cause my stomach feels small / There's a taste in my mouth / And it's no taste at all

Dad looked up to catch sight of the man in the crane’s cab. He knew that DEVILISH smirk anywhere. It was Fingers.

“There will soon be very few hansom cabs left,” said Mrs. Elliot. “And four-wheeled cabs—I assure you even at Oxford it’s almost impossible to get a four-wheeled cab.”

Word Forms

• cabs
• cabbing
• cabbed

Synonyms for cab

Depending on context, synonyms include taxi, hack, cabriolet, taxicab.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include taxicab, taxi, cabriolet, hack, berth, car.

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