cabin
IPA: kˈæbʌn
noun
- (US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
- (informal) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
- A private room on a ship.
- The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
- The passenger area of an airplane.
- (travel, aviation) The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.
- (rail transport, informal) A signal box.
- A small room; an enclosed place.
- (India) A private office; particularly of a doctor, businessman, lawyer, or other professional.
verb
- (transitive) To place in a cabin or other small space.
- (by extension) To limit the scope of.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.
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Examples of "cabin" in Sentences
- He lives in a sylvan cabin.
- The cabin is open to the public.
- The cabin had a lavatory in the rear.
- The cabin of the ship fills with light.
- The cabin is pressurized and air conditioned.
- Bullets came through the cellar of the cabin.
- He is the assistant counselor of the Athena cabin.
- The cabin was soundproofed and fitted with heating.
- Baggage is stowed in a compartment at the rear of the cabin.
- A cabin from the transatlantic ship 'New America' is part of the interior.
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