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cabinet Definition

cabi·net (kab′ə nit)

noun

  1. 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 )
  3. Archaic
    1. a private council room
    2. a meeting held there
  4. ☆ a body of official advisors to a president, king, governor, etc.: in the U.S., composed of the heads of the various governmental departments
  5. Archaic a small, private room

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

adjective

  1. of a kind usually displayed in cabinets cabinet curios
  2. of or made by a cabinetmaker
  3. of a political cabinet

cabinet Synonyms

cabinet

n.

  1. A piece of furniture with shelves

    cupboard, closet, china closet, china cabinet, medicine chest; see also chest 1, closet, cupboard, furniture.

  2. An executive body

    council, advisory council, bureau, governing body, administrators, counselors, assembly, assistants, department heads, advisers, United States Cabinet, ministry, council of ministers, privy council, kitchen cabinet*, brain trust*; see also authority 3, committee, government 2.

cabinet Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • curiosity: Following the trajectory of Gregory Green's work over the past decade is a bit like peering into a 20th century cabinet of curiosities.

Converse of object

  • refrigerate: They come fully equipped with chiller systems and refrigerated cabinets to ensure drinks are served at optimum temperature.
  • well-stock: A well-stocked medicine cabinet will help you to treat many everyday illnesses at home.
  • chill: Vie Shots are available in the chilled cabinets of supermarkets and retail at £ 1.89 for a three pack.

Adjective modifier

  • microbiological: Modern Class II microbiological safety cabinets designed to meet the current British Standard give a high degree of protection to the user.
  • lockable: Every household should have a lockable cabinet for this purpose.
  • locked: An ideal place is a locked cabinet, 1.5 meters ( 5 feet ) off the ground.
  • laminar: Examples of such types of cabinet include laminar flow cabinets.
  • chill: This has happened for some years, the paper states, because the chiller cabinets of the mortuary are full.
  • walnut: John was aghast saying ' but we can't use those dirty old tables among our beautiful walnut display cabinets ' .

Modifies a noun

  • reshuffle: His post was minor, but in a cabinet reshuffle during the summer of 1992 he became Minister For Foreign affairs.
  • minister: Blair has made his cabinet ministers pay for mistakes they have made.
  • maker: J JACKSON & GRAHAM 19th Century cabinet makers, 37 - 38 Oxford Street, London.
  • colleague: To borrow the words of Jowell's cabinet colleague, John Reid, ITV's management " is not fit for purpose " .

Noun used with modifier

  • filing: Brand new filing cabinets can cost you several hundred dollars apiece.
  • bedside: With single bed, bedside cabinet, chest of drawers.
  • trophy: MN: You're going to need a bigger trophy cabinet to hold all these trophies.
  • shadow: We will present a shadow cabinet for the first time ever.
  • mahogany: Whichever tiles you opt for, both sets are presented in a beautiful solid mahogany cabinet.
  • drawer: Bedroom 2. Twin beds, built in wardrobe, two small drawer cabinets.
cabinet Quotes

Smarter than most of his colleagues in theTruman cabinet, but not smart enough to hide it.

—Reston,James B(arrett)

His temper, naturally morose, has become licentiously peevish.Crossed in his Cabinet, he insults the House of Lords and plagues the most eminent of his colleagues with the crabbed malice of a maundering witch.

—Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

  One to mislead the public, another to mislead the Cabinet, and the third to mislead itself.

—Asquith