cab·i·net (k b  -n t)n. 1. An upright, cupboardlike repository with shelves, drawers, or compartments for the safekeeping or display of objects. 2. Computer Science The box that houses the main components of a computer, such as the central processing unit, disk drives, and expansion slots. 3. often Cabinet A body of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister to head the executive departments of the government and to act as official advisers. 4. Archaic A small or private room set aside for a specific activity. 5. Rhode Island & Southeastern Massachusetts See milk shake. See Regional Note at milk shake. adj. 1. Suitable for storage or display in a cabinet, as because of size or decorative quality. 2. Of, relating to, or being a member of a governmental cabinet: cabinet matters; a cabinet minister. 3. Used in the making of cabinets: teak and other heavy cabinet wood. [French, partly from diminutive of Old North French cabine, gambling-room (perhaps alteration of Old French cabane, small house; see cabin) and partly from Italian gabinetto, closet, chest of drawers; akin to Old North French cabine. N., sense 5, possibly from the square wooden container in which the mixer was encased.] cab i·net·ful n. |
cabinet
Noun
a piece of furniture containing shelves, cupboards, or drawers for storage or display: a filing cabinet, a cocktail cabinet [Old French cabine cabin]
Cabinet
Noun
a committee of senior government ministers or advisers to a president
Cabinet a body of persons, usually a limited number, of the ministers of state of a country, 1630; a secret store-house, hence, its contents.
Examples: cabinet of animal functions, 1667; of my secret thoughts, 1549; of his secret will, 1634.
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| Noun | 1. |  cabinet - a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or displaychina cabinet, china closet - a cabinet (usually with glass doors) for storing and displaying china dresser - a cabinet with shelves article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture - furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room" medicine cabinet, medicine chest - cabinet that holds medicines and toiletries shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects |
| 2. | cabinet - persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers cabinet minister - the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet advisory board, planning board - a board appointed to advise the chief administrator British Cabinet - the senior ministers of the British government shadow cabinet - a group of senior members of the political party that is out of power; these members would probably assume corresponding positions as ministers in the British Cabinet if their party was elected United States Cabinet, US Cabinet - a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet | |
| 3. |  cabinet - a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lockcompartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area glory hole, lazaretto - a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship locker room - a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessions | |
| 4. | cabinet - housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television housing - a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component |
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Translations
cabinet [ˈkæbɪnɪt] n (POL) → consejo de ministros;
(furniture) → armario;
(also: display cabinet) → vitrina
cabinet [ˈkæbɪnɪt] n (POL) → consiglio dei ministri;
(furniture) → armadietto;
(also: display cabinet) → vetrinetta;
n cabinet [ˈkӕbinit]
1 a piece of furniture with shelves and doors or drawers a filing cabinet. kas خَزانَةٌ ذات أدْراج шкаф skříňka (se zásuvkami) skab der Schrank ντουλάπι armario, vitrina (laegastega) kapp کابینت؛ قفسه kaappi meuble de rangement אָרוֹן दराजदार अलमारी ormar, vitrina szekrény lemari skjalaskápur armadietto, vetrina 戸棚 캐비닛 spinta skapītis (ar daudz atvilktnēm/nodalījumiem) almari kast skap szafka escrivaninha dulap горка skriňa, skrinka, registratúra omara vitrina skåp ชั้นหรือตู้วางของ dolap, büfe (有抽屜或格子的)廚櫃 кабінет دروازوں اور درازوں والی الماری tủ có ngăn kéo （有抽屉或格子的）厨柜
2 in Britain and some other countries the group of chief ministers who govern a country The Prime Minister has chosen a new Cabinet. kabinet مَجْلِسُ وُزَراء пол. кабинет kabinet, vláda regering das Kabinett υπουργικό συμβούλιο gabinete valitsus کابینه؛ هیئت وزیران hallitus cabinet (ministériel) קַבִּינֶט मंत्रिमंडल kabinet kormány kabinet ríkisstjórn gabinetto 内閣 내각 ministrų kabinetas ministru kabinets kabinet kabinet regjering gabinet gabinete cabinet, guvern кабинет kabinet ministrski kabinet vlada kabinett, ministär, statsråd คณะรัฐมนตรี Bakanlar Kurulu, kabine 內閣 кабінет міністрів کابینہ nội các 内阁
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