English Explanatory Dictionary

cabinet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
  2. A cupboard.
  3. A museum display case.
  4. A source of valuable things; a storehouse.
  5. The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.
  6. A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
  7. A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
  8. 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. A cabinet-level agency in the executive branch; that is, an agency headed by a member of the governor's cabinet.
  10. A small chamber or private room.
  11. A collection of art or ethnographic objects.
  12. Milkshake.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæb.ɪ.nɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cabinet.wav /ˈkæb.nɪt/ /ˈkæb.ə.nət/ /ˈkæb.nət/

Word forms

cabinet cabinets

Etymology

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

Synonyms

cabinet agency cabinet department program cabinet superagency

Related words

armoire chest of drawers salon

Derived words

animal cabinet ante-cabinet bathroom cabinet cabinetable cabinet agency cabinet card cabinet department cabinet edition cabineteer cabinet file cabinetful cabinetisation cabinetlike cabinet maker cabinetmaker cabinetmaking cabinet making cabinet minister cabinet noir cabinet of curiosities cabinet particulier cabinet piano cabinet pianoforte cabinet pudding cabinetry cabinet saw cabinetted cabinet window cabinetwork cabinetworker cabinetworking china cabinet cocktail cabinet coffee cabinet display cabinet drinks cabinet file cabinet filing cabinet fire cabinet inner cabinet kitchen cabinet loudspeaker cabinet medicine cabinet minority cabinet noncabinet program cabinet shadow cabinet Shaker cabinet spirit cabinet subcabinet supercabinet undercabinet war cabinet

Translations

Afrikaans: kabinet Belarusian: кабіне́т Bulgarian: кабине́т Burmese: ကက်ဗိနက် Burmese: ဝန်ကြီးအဖွဲ့ Catalan: gabinet Chinese Mandarin: 內閣 /内阁 Czech: kabinet Dutch: kabinet Esperanto: kabineto Finnish: hallitus French: cabinet Georgian: კაბინეტი Georgian: მინისტრთა კაბინეტი Georgian: მინისტრთა საბჭო Georgian: მთავრობა German: Kabinett German: Ministerrat German: Regierung German: Regierungsmannschaft Greek: υπουργικό συμβούλιο Hebrew: קבינט Hindi: मंत्रिमंडल Indonesian: kabinet Indonesian: dewan menteri Irish: airí rialtais Irish: comh-aireacht Italian: gabinetto Italian: consiglio dei ministri Japanese: 内閣 Khmer: គណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី Khmer: កាប៊ីណេត៍ Korean: 내각 Latvian: kabinets Latvian: skapis Lithuanian: kambarëlis Lithuanian: kabinetas Malay: kabinet Malay: jemaah menteri Maltese: gabinet Manx: cabnaid Māori: kāhui minita Māori: komiti minita Māori: rūnanga o te kāwanatanga Māori: kapinete Mongolian: шїїгээ Occitan: gabinet Persian: کابینه Polish: rząd Polish: rada ministrów Polish: gabinet Portuguese: gabinete Russian: кабине́т Russian: сове́т мини́стров Sicilian: cabbinettu Slovene: kabinet Spanish: gabinete Swahili: kabati Swedish: kabinett Swedish: regering Swedish: ministär Swedish: råd Tagalog: gabinete
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