cabinet

The definition of a cabinet is a cupboard used for holding or storing things, or a group of advisors.

(noun)

An example of a cabinet is where you keep the cups in your kitchen.
An example of a cabinet is the group of senior federal officials that advises the U.S. President.

See cabinet in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a case or cupboard with drawers or shelves for holding or storing things: a china cabinet, a medicine cabinet
1. a boxlike container, usually decorated, that houses all the assembled components of a record player, radio or television, etc.
2. a boxlike container for a speaker (sense )
Archaic
1. a private council room
2. a meeting held there
☆ a body of official advisors to a president, king, governor, etc.: in the U.S., composed of the heads of the various governmental departments
Archaic a small, private room

Origin: Fr, prob. < It gabbinetto, dim. of gabbia < L cavea, cage

adjective

See cabinet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An upright, cupboardlike repository with shelves, drawers, or compartments for the safekeeping or display of objects.
Computer Science The box that houses the main components of a computer, such as the central processing unit, disk drives, and expansion slots.
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.
Archaic A small or private room set aside for a specific activity.
Rhode Island & Southeastern Massachusetts See milk shake. See Regional Note at milk shake.

adjective

Suitable for storage or display in a cabinet, as because of size or decorative quality.
Of, relating to, or being a member of a governmental cabinet: cabinet matters; a cabinet minister.
Used in the making of cabinets: teak and other heavy cabinet wood.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , partly from diminutive of Old North French cabine, gambling-room (perhaps alteration of Old French cabane, small house; see cabin)

Origin: and partly from Italian gabinetto, closet, chest of drawers

Origin: ; akin to Old North French cabine

Origin: . N., sense 5, possibly from the square wooden container in which the mixer was encased

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