name · noun · verb · 25 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Northern-California:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
/kæb/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -æb
CMU ARPABET:K AE1 B
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
Initialism of Civil Aeronautics Board.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
Initialism of Citizens Advice Bureau.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
Initialism of Criminal Assets Bureau.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
name
Meaning 4
Initialism of Combat Action Badge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
name
Meaning 5
The station code of Causeway Bay in Hong Kong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: driver's compartment
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A similar compartment in other vehicles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
Any of several two- or four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a cab ride
to take a cab
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: taxi
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: units-of-measure
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
noun
Meaning 12
An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
noun
Meaning 13
Clipping of cabinet file (“a compressed library archive file”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract