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cabin Definition

cabin (kab′in)

noun

  1. a small, one-story house built simply or crudely, as of logs
  2. ☆ any simple, small structure designed for a brief stay, as for overnight tourist cabins
  3. a private room on a ship, as a bedroom or office
  4. a roofed section of a small boat, as a pleasure cruiser, for the passengers or crew
  5. the enclosed section of an aircraft, where the passengers sit; also, the section housing the crew or used for cargo

Etymology: ME caban < OFr cabane < OProv cabana < LL capanna, hut

transitive verb

to confine in or as in a cabin; cramp

cabin Synonyms

cabin

n.

log house, cottage, hut; see home 1, shelter.

cabin Usage Examples

Possessives

boatman: It has never been established whether or not it referred to the roast beef or to the boatman's cabin!

Converse of object

  • pressurize: Many had used oxygen tubes, even in the pressurized cabins.
  • pressurize: At thirty-thousand feet the pressurized cabin was pleasantly cool.

Adjective modifier

  • aft: A shelf with shiny brass rails curving around the aft cabin.
  • air-conditioned: The boat sleeps up to 16 guests in 8 air-conditioned cabins.
  • roomy: But the fare-paying passengers had roomy cabins and access to the original lounges and first class dining room.
  • deluxe: With 58 deluxe cabins, each with a small private balcony, the Oberoi Philae offers all modern conveniences.
  • twin: Cabins There are six twin berth cabins either side of a heated, central corridor.
  • spacious: Inside The spacious cabin, 48 inches, is accessed by gull wing doors.

Modifies a noun

  • baggage: Cabin baggage: You are allowed to carry 1 piece of hand luggage onto the plane.
  • crew: Cabin crew have to be prepared to work on any day of the year, at any time of the day.
  • cruiser: A cabin cruiser consider them to be obtained from.
  • attendant: Mortality from cancer and other causes among airline cabin attendants in Europe: a collaborative cohort study in eight countries.
  • fever: Item: We all have a touch of cabin fever.

Noun used with modifier

  • log: Born in 1866 in a log cabin in Kentucky on July 29 th.
  • berth: Cabins There are six twin berth cabins either side of a heated, central corridor.
  • boatmans: Click here for more photos and information 30ft trad style narrowboat 1976 proper boatmans cabin with an Epping stove and all cupboards and drawers.
  • cuddy: Breaking the Laws of Physics, again, Monterey engineers added a spacious cuddy cabin to last years wildly popular 228 SI.
  • sauna: The Skalman 10 model may optionally be fitted with a terrace, and a sauna cabin.
  • fore: She was converted to hold 68 beds, although in non-epidemic times, her fore cabin was used by staff and visitors.