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cabinet

/ˈkæ.bɪ.nɪt/

noun

Meaning

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

  • A cupboard.

  • The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.

  • A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".

  • A group of advisors to a government or business entity.

  • (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.

  • A small chamber or private room.

  • (often capitalized) A collection of art or ethnographic objects.

  • (Rhode Island) Milkshake.

  • A hut; a cottage; a small house.

  • An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.