cabinet
cabinet definition
cabi·net (kab′ə nit)
noun
- a case or cupboard with drawers or shelves for holding or storing things a china cabinet, a medicine cabinet
- a boxlike container, usually decorated, that houses all the assembled components of a record player, radio or television, etc.
- a boxlike container for a speaker (sense )
- Archaic
- a private council room
- 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
Etymology: Fr, prob. < It gabbinetto, dim. of gabbia < L cavea, cage
adjective
- of a kind usually displayed in cabinets cabinet curios
- of or made by a cabinetmaker
- of a political cabinet
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