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INCLUDEPICTURE "http://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/schwa.gif" \* MERGEFORMATINET -nt)n.1. An upright, cupboardlike repository with shelves, drawers, or compartments for the safekeeping or display of objects.

2. Computer Science The box that houses the main components of a computer, such as the central processing unit, disk drives, and expansion slots.

3. 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.

4. Archaic A small or private room set aside for a specific activity.

5. Rhode Island & Southeastern Massachusetts See milk shake. See Regional Note at milk shake.

adj.1. Suitable for storage or display in a cabinet, as because of size or decorative quality.

2. Of, relating to, or being a member of a governmental cabinet: cabinet matters; a cabinet minister.3. Used in the making of cabinets: teak and other heavy cabinet wood.

[French, partly from diminutive of Old North French cabine, gambling-room (perhaps alteration of Old French cabane, small house; see cabin) and partly from Italian gabinetto, closet, chest of drawers; akin to Old North French cabine. N., sense 5, possibly from the square wooden container in which the mixer was encased.]

cabinetful n.The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

cabinet [kbnt]n1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture)

a. a piece of furniture containing shelves, cupboards, or drawers for storage or display

b. (as modifier) cabinet teak2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) the outer case of a television, radio, etc.

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)

a. (often capital) the executive and policy-making body of a country, consisting of all government ministers or just the senior ministers

b. (sometimes capital) an advisory council to a president, sovereign, governor, etc.

c. (as modifier) a cabinet reshuffle a cabinet minister4. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding)

a. a standard size of paper, 64 inches (1510 cm) or 64 inches (16.510.5 cm), for mounted photographs

b. (as modifier) a cabinet photograph5. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing an enclosed rack for holding cases of type, etc.

6. Archaic a private room

7. (modifier) suitable in size, value, decoration, etc., for a display cabinet a cabinet edition of Shakespeare8. (Mathematics & Measurements / Surveying) (modifier) (of a drawing or projection of a three-dimensional object) constructed with true horizontal and vertical representation of scale but with oblique distances reduced to about half scale to avoid the appearance of distortion

9. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (modifier) (of a wine) specially selected and usually rare

[from Old French, diminutive of cabine, of uncertain origin]

Collins English Dictionary Complete and Unabridged HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

Cabineta body of persons, usually a limited number, of the ministers of state of a country, 1630; a secret store-house, hence, its contents.

Examples: cabinet of animal functions, 1667; of my secret thoughts, 1549; of his secret will, 1634.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

cabinet - Originally meant a small room and came to apply to the group of politicians who met in the room.

See also related terms for small+room.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. 2011 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

ThesaurusLegend: SynonymsRelated WordsAntonymsNoun1.cabinet - a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display

china cabinet, china closet - a cabinet (usually with glass doors) for storing and displaying china

dresser - a cabinet with shelves

article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture - furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"

medicine cabinet, medicine chest - cabinet that holds medicines and toiletries

shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

2.cabinet - persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

cabinet minister - the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet

advisory board, planning board - a board appointed to advise the chief administrator

British Cabinet - the senior ministers of the British government

shadow cabinet - a group of senior members of the political party that is out of power; these members would probably assume corresponding positions as ministers in the British Cabinet if their party was elected

United States Cabinet, US Cabinet - a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet

3.cabinet - a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock

locker, storage lockercompartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area

glory hole, lazaretto - a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship

locker room - a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessions

4.cabinet - housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

consolehousing - a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

cabinetnoun1. cupboard, case, locker, dresser, closet, press, chiffonier a display cabinet with gleaming trophies2. (often cap.) council, committee, administration, ministry, assembly, board The radically-changed Cabinet of the Prime Minister includes eight new ministers see cupboards and cabinetsCollins Thesaurus of the English Language Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

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cabinetn cabinet [kbinit]1a piece of furniture with shelves and doors or drawers a filing cabinet.2in Britain and some other countries the group of chief ministers who govern a country The Prime Minister has chosen a new Cabinet.Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 2006-2010 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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