Cabinet

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  • noun. An upright, cupboardlike repository with shelves, drawers, or compartments for the safekeeping or display of objects.
  • noun. The box that houses the main components of a computer, such as the central processing unit, disk drives, and expansion slots.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A small or private room set aside for a specific activity.
  • noun. undefined
  • adjective. Suitable for storage or display in a cabinet, as because of size or decorative quality.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or being a member of a governmental cabinet.
  • adjective. Used in the making of cabinets.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To inclose in or as in a cabinet.
  • noun. A little cabin; a small habitation or retreat.
  • noun. A small room; a retired apartment; a closet.
  • noun. A private room in which consultations are held; specifically, the closet or private apartment in which a sovereign confers with his privy council or most trusted ministers.
  • noun. Hence An executive council; the select council of a sovereign or of an executive government; the collective body of ministers who direct the government of a nation or country.
  • noun. A meeting or session of a cabinet council.
  • noun. A piece of furniture having shelves or drawers, or both, or simply cupboards inclosed with doors; especially, one of ornamental character, decorated with carving, inlaying, painting, lacquer, medallions of painted porcelain, or enamel or metal appliqués.
  • noun. Any part of a building, or one or more whole buildings, set apart for the conservation of works of art, antiquities, etc.; hence, by metonymy, the collection itself: as, a mineral cabinet.
  • noun. In printing, an inclosed frame for printers' cases, generally used for job-type.
  • Confidential; secret; private.
  • Relating to a cabinet; belonging to or constituting a body of ministers of state: as, a cabinet minister; a cabinet council.
  • Belonging to a private collection, private cellar, or the like, and therefore presumably of superior quality: as, cabinet wines.
  • Hence Of such size, beauty, or value as to be kept in a cabinet, or to be fitted for use in a private chamber: as, a cabinet edition of a book; a cabinet organ; a cabinet pianoforte; a cabinet picture; cabinet photographs.
  • A council held with privacy; the confidential council of a prince or an executive magistrate; a council of cabinet ministers held with privacy to deliberate upon public affairs.
  • The members of a privy council; a select number of confidential counselors; specifically, same as cabinet, I., 4.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Suitable for a cabinet; small.
  • intransitive verb. To inclose.
  • noun. A hut; a cottage; a small house.
  • noun. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.
  • noun. A private room in which consultations are held.
  • noun. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence
  • noun. A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an étagère or closed with doors. See Étagère.
  • noun. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.
  • noun. A meeting of the cabinet.
  • noun. a member of a cabinet council.
  • noun. a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a carte de visite.
  • noun. a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
  • noun. A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
  • noun. A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A small chamber or private room.
  • noun. a collection of art or ethnographic objects
  • noun. milkshake
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
  • noun. a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
  • Word Usage
    "(_Moving to cabinet, puts curtains and work-box on top of cabinet_.)"
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    housing  
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    Marks  bench  bookcase  box  bureau  
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    variant
    étagère