Cabinet
['kæbɪnɪt] or ['kæbɪnət]
Definition
(noun.) a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display.
(noun.) housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television.
(noun.) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock.
(noun.) persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers.
Edited by Greg--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A hut; a cottage; a small house.
(n.) A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.
(n.) A private room in which consultations are held.
(n.) The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.
(n.) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:
(n.) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an etagere or closed with doors. See Etagere.
(n.) Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.
(a.) Suitable for a cabinet; small.
(v. i.) To inclose
Checker: Marie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Closet, boudoir, by-room, small room, private room, retired apartment.[2]. Ministry, council, body of advisers.
Checker: Mae
Definition
n. (obs.) a little cabin or hut: (Shak.) the bed or nest of a beast or bird: a small room closet or private apartment: a case of drawers for articles of value: a private room for consultation esp. a king's—hence The Cabinet a limited number of the chief ministers who govern England being the leaders of the majority in parliament.—ns. Cab′inet-coun′cil a council or consultation of the members of the Cabinet; Cab′inet-edi′tion (of a book) one less in size and price than a library edition but still elegant in format; Cab′inet-mak′er a maker of cabinets and other fine furniture; Cab′inet-phō′tograph one of the size larger than a carte-de-visite.
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Examples
- You turned away, and went straight to the corner near the window--where my Indian cabinet stands. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A debate is not what a debate used to be; the House is not what the House used to be; even a Cabinet is not what it formerly was. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The box into which the harlequin takes refuge, and which appears to be empty when Pierrot or Cassandra lifts the curtain that shields its entrance, is also a sort of magic cabinet. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- In this room, too, there was a cabinet piano, quite new and of superior tone; also an easel for painting and a pair of globes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- You were both examining a cabinet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He would not put himself an inch out of his way at the bidding of king, cabinet, and chambers together. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Rosine darted from her cabinet and ran to open. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The Diamond is missing out of the drawer in the cabinet. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He would have made a wonderful cabinet-maker, said Mrs Higden, 'if there had been the money to put him to it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- After waiting irresolute, for a minute or more, in the middle of the room, he moved to the corner near the window, where the Indian cabinet stood. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- From Italy came Professor Colombo, later a cabinet minister, with his friend Signor Buzzi, of Milan. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Tom read, in his only literary cabinet, of one who had learned in whatsoever state he was, therewith to be content. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I'm in the Cabinet. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There had been a split in the Cabinet; the minister for Education had resigned owing to adverse criticism. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I have heard what your trade is,' observed Miss Wren; 'it's cabinet-making. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Magic cabinets are much employed by magicians. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Here also are other cabinets containing old papers and records, while further along the wall are piled up boxes of historical models and instruments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You know, as well as I do, no young people have circus masters, or keep circuses in cabinets, or attend lectures about circuses. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Did he show you boxes, little cabinets, pocket-books, parcels, anything locked or sealed, anything tied up? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The little Gradgrinds had cabinets in various departments of science too. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Here and there in these cabinets may also be found a few models which he has used at times in his studies of anatomy and physiology. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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