cabinet
IPA: kˈæbʌnʌt
noun
- A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
- A cupboard.
- (figuratively) A source of valuable things; a storehouse.
- The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.
- (historical) A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
- A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
- (politics, 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.
- (Kentucky) A cabinet-level agency in the executive branch; that is, an agency headed by a member of the governor's cabinet.
- (archaic) A small chamber or private room.
- (often capitalized) A collection of art or ethnographic objects.
- (dialectal, Rhode Island) Milkshake.
- (obsolete) A hut; a cottage; a small house.
- An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.
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Examples of "cabinet" in Sentences
- (_Moving to cabinet, puts curtains and work-box on top of cabinet_.)
- By the way, the liquor cabinet is concealed behind the Yoshinaga shrine.
- The back of the cabinet is also equipped with openings to allow cables to pass through.
- I like it more than coffee; my coffee cabinet is filled with more tea that I can cound on both hands.
- Peter Black notes that Jane's track record as a member of the cabinet is about as popular as a Rancor at a Jawaese wedding.
- Above the cabinet is my snake mask I bought in Bhutan, my ladies 'wig for those late nights clubbing, and a heavy-duty plastic skull my dad picked up in medical school.
- He was commenting on the all-out effort by party leaders, including certain cabinet members, to pressure the National Prosecuting Authority not to pursue the corruption charges that had been lingering since 2005.
- And, his appointment as Minister of National Defence and Veterans Affairs on October 4, 1996, illustrates that the reward for a job well done in cabinet is more often the awarding of an even greater challenge than what was met in the past.
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