Standard Lemma guide

cab

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /kæb/
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  • rhymes with -æb
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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.

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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.

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Synonyms: none provided

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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.

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Synonyms: none provided

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Synonyms: none provided

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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.

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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.

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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

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Topics: Windows, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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14

noun

Meaning 14

Short for cabernet sauvignon

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, uncountable, usually

Topics: beverages, cooking, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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15

noun

Meaning 15

Alternative form of Cab.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Synonyms: none provided

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16

noun

Meaning 16

Initialism of chest compressions, airway and breathing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: emergency-medicine, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

Initialism of Cognition, Affect, and Behavior.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ABC

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

Initialism of caffeinated alcoholic beverage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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19

noun

Meaning 19

Abbreviation of Cabernet Sauvignon wine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

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20

noun

Meaning 20

A type of aerial spin; a switch frontside rotation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skateboarding, snowboarding, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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21

verb

Meaning 21

To travel by taxicab.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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22

noun

Meaning 22

a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hack, taxi, taxicab

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar

Narrower terms: gypsy cab, minicab

23

noun

Meaning 23

small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cabriolet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: carriage, equipage, rig

24

noun

Meaning 24

a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compartment

25

verb

Meaning 25

ride in a taxicab

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: taxi

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ride

History

Etymology

Clipping of cabriolet.

From Hebrew קב (káv).

Clipping of cabinet.

Clipping of cabernet sauvignon

Clipping of Cabernet Sauvignon.

Clipping of Caballero. From Steve Caballero, professional skateboarder. From Spanish Caballero.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кабина (kabina) — compartment
  • Catalan: cabina — compartment
  • Czech: kabina — compartment
  • Finnish: ohjaamo — compartment
  • Galician: cabina — compartment
  • German: Führerhaus — compartment
  • German: Fahrerhaus — compartment
  • German: Führerkabine — compartment
  • German: Fahrerkabine — compartment
  • Hungarian: vezetőfülke — compartment
  • Italian: cabina — compartment
  • Polish: kabina maszynisty — compartment
  • Portuguese: cabine — compartment
  • Portuguese: boleia — compartment
  • Russian: каби́на (kabína) — compartment
  • Spanish: cabina — compartment
  • Swedish: förarhytt — compartment
  • Turkish: kabin — compartment