Cabinet

Quick meaning: Cabinet is a noun meaning A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

Meaning

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

More Meanings

1. A cupboard.
2. A museum display case.
3. (figuratively) A source of valuable things; a storehouse.
4. The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.
5. A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
6. (politics, often capitalized) 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.
7. (historical) A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".

Example Sentences

Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet.

Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, / The rural song of careful Colinet.

Holmes took a note of it. “One other question,” said he. “Was the photograph a cabinet?”

It is a perfect cabinet of faithful, valuable, and extensive information; and it ought to have a place on the shelves of the most select and compact library, and be in the possession of every private family, as a work both of valuable reference.

Word Forms

• cabinets

Synonyms for cabinet

Depending on context, synonyms include superagency, console, locker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include locker, console, closet, drawer, shelf, cupboard.

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