Cabinet

[Cab·i*net]

A cabinet is a piece of furniture that has doors and drawers and is often used for storage, like a kitchen cabinet that holds your drinking glasses and plates.

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A hut; a cottage; a small house.

Noun
a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display

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

n.
A hut; a cottage; a small house.

n.
A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.

n.
A private room in which consultations are held.

n.
The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

n.
A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:

n.
A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an etagere or closed with doors. See Etagere.

n.
Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.

a.
Suitable for a cabinet; small.

v. i.
To inclose

Cabinet

Cab"i*net , n. [F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See Cabin, n.] 1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.]

Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet.

2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet. 3. A private room in which consultations are held.

Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet.

4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council. &hand; In England, the cabinet or cabinet council consists of those privy coucilors who actually transact the immediate business of the government. Mozley & W. -- In the United States, the cabinet is composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government, namely, the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of Agiculture, the Postmaster-general ,and the Attorney-general. 5. (a) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence: (b) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an '82tag'8are or closed with doors. See Etagere. 6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself. Cabinet council. (a) Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title). (b) A meeting of the cabinet. -- Cabinet councilor, a member of a cabinet council. -- Cabinet photograph, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a carte de visite. -- Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection.

Cabinet

Cab"i*net, a. Suitable for a cabinet; small.

He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe.

Cabinet

Cab"i*net, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabineting.] To inclose [R.] Hewyt.

A hut; a cottage; a small house.

Suitable for a cabinet; small.

To inclose

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Usage Examples

As far as I'm aware, everybody in the shadow cabinet accepts that there's a compelling case on climate change and a strong scientific case.

You know, my dad served in the President's Cabinet after his time as a governor. He told me he enjoyed being governor a lot more. Now, I understand why. If I do my job well, I can make a difference in people's lives and I can help our children realize their dreams.

We created the Cabinet Committee on the Environment to review the environmental implications of all government initiatives. I think what made us successful was the fact that it was a sustained approach. We did something new every year.

True, some land was bought by a few Cabinet Ministers. They bought the land. No minister, to my knowledge acquired land which was meant for resettlement.

I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I say that to my colleagues, by the way, in the internal Cabinet meetings, I say, 'Look, I want to be very clear about what I want.' I just - I don't want a peace process, I want a peace result.

When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics.

In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly.

The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet.

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.