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cabinet

noun · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæb.ɪ.nɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈkæb.ɪ.nɪt/
  • General-American: /ˈkæb.nɪt/
  • /ˈkæb.ə.nət/ weak vowel merger
  • /ˈkæb.nət/ weak vowel merger
  • Australian: /ˈkæb.nət/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 B AH0 N AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K AE1 B N AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A cupboard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A museum display case.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A source of valuable things; a storehouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 37⁄8" by 51⁄2".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A group of advisors to a government or business entity.

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8

noun

Meaning 8

In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: capitalized, often

Topics: government, politics

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9

noun

Meaning 9

In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

A cabinet-level agency in the executive branch; that is, an agency headed by a member of the governor's cabinet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: capitalized, often

Qualifier: Kentucky

Topics: government, politics

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10

noun

Meaning 10

A small chamber or private room.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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11

noun

Meaning 11

A collection of art or ethnographic objects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: capitalized, often

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12

noun

Meaning 12

Milkshake.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal

Qualifier: Rhode Island

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13

noun

Meaning 13

A hut; a cottage; a small house.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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14

noun

Meaning 14

An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.

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15

noun

Meaning 15

a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture

Narrower terms: china cabinet, china closet, dresser, medicine chest, medicine cabinet

16

noun

Meaning 16

housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: console

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: housing

17

noun

Meaning 17

a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: locker, storage locker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compartment

Narrower terms: glory hole, lazaretto

18

noun

Meaning 18

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: advisory board, planning board

Narrower terms: British Cabinet, shadow cabinet, United States Cabinet, US Cabinet

History

Etymology

From cabin + -et, influenced by French cabinet. In sense of “a government group”, compare salon, also named for a room used to gather.

Across languages

Translations

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kabinet — storage closet
  • Southern Altai: кабинет (kabinet) — storage closet
  • Armenian: պահարան (paharan) — storage closet
  • Bulgarian: стенен шкаф (stenen škaf) — storage closet
  • Catalan: armari — storage closet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 櫃子 /柜子 (guìzi) — storage closet
  • Danish: skab — storage closet
  • Finnish: kaappi — storage closet
  • Finnish: komero — storage closet
  • French: armoire — storage closet
  • North Frisian: schååp — storage closet
  • Georgian: კარადა (ḳarada) — storage closet
  • German: Schrank — storage closet
  • German: Wandschrank — storage closet
  • German: Kasten — storage closet
  • German: Schrein — storage closet
  • German: Aktenschrank — storage closet
  • German: Gehäuse — storage closet
  • German: Schubladenschrank — storage closet
  • German: Vitrine — storage closet
  • German: Glasschrank — storage closet
  • German: Schränkchen — storage closet
  • German: Kasterl — storage closet
  • German: Gänterli — storage closet
  • Greek: εντοιχισμένο ντουλάπι (entoichisméno ntoulápi) — storage closet
  • Hebrew: ארון (arón) — storage closet
  • Hebrew: ארונית (aronít) — storage closet
  • Hindi: अलमारी (almārī) — storage closet
  • Hindi: पेटिका (peṭikā) — storage closet
  • Ido: armoreto — storage closet
  • Ido: kabineto — storage closet
  • Indonesian: kabinet — storage closet
  • Irish: caibinéad — storage closet
  • Italian: armadio — storage closet
  • Italian: guardaroba — storage closet
  • Italian: pensile — storage closet
  • Italian: contenitore — storage closet
  • Japanese: キャビネット (kyabinetto) — storage closet
  • Khmer: ទូ (tu) — storage closet
  • Korean: 장 (jang) — storage closet
  • Central Kurdish: کابینەت (kabînet) — storage closet
  • Lao: ຕູ້ (tū) — storage closet
  • Latvian: skapis — storage closet
  • Maltese: armarju — storage closet
  • Māori: kapinete — storage closet
  • Māori: pouaka whakaputu — storage closet
  • Persian: کابینت (kâbinet) — storage closet
  • Plautdietsch: Schaup — storage closet
  • Polish: kabinet — storage closet
  • Portuguese: armário — storage closet
  • Russian: кабине́т (kabinét) — storage closet
  • Russian: шкаф (škaf) — storage closet
  • Russian: стенно́й шкаф (stennój škaf) — storage closet
  • Sanskrit: पेटिका (peṭikā) — storage closet
  • Sicilian: armuarra — storage closet
  • Slovene: omara — storage closet
  • Lower Sorbian: spižka — storage closet
  • Spanish: armario — storage closet
  • Spanish: gabinete — storage closet
  • Spanish: vestidor — storage closet
  • Swedish: kabinett — storage closet
  • Swedish: skåp — storage closet
  • Tagalog: kabinet — storage closet
  • Tahitian: piha — storage closet
  • Thai: ตู้ (dtûu) — storage closet
  • Vietnamese: tủ — storage closet
  • Welsh: cabinet — storage closet
  • Afrikaans: kabinet — group of advisors
  • Albanian: kabinet — group of advisors
  • Bulgarian: кабинет (kabinet) — group of advisors
  • Catalan: gabinet — group of advisors
  • Dutch: kabinet — group of advisors
  • Esperanto: kabineto — group of advisors
  • Finnish: esikunta — group of advisors
  • French: cabinet — group of advisors
  • German: Kabinett — group of advisors
  • German: Rat — group of advisors
  • Greek: υπουργικό συμβούλιο (ypourgikó symvoúlio) — group of advisors
  • Hebrew: קבינט (kabinet) — group of advisors
  • Italian: consiglio — group of advisors
  • Japanese: キャビネット (kyabinetto) — group of advisors
  • Papiamentu: kabinèt — group of advisors
  • Persian: کابینه (kâbine) — group of advisors
  • Portuguese: gabinete — group of advisors
  • Quechua: suntur — group of advisors
  • Russian: кабине́т (kabinét) — group of advisors
  • Somali: letlole — group of advisors
  • Spanish: consejo — group of advisors
  • Swedish: kabinett — group of advisors
  • Swedish: råd — group of advisors
  • Swedish: styrelse — group of advisors
  • Tagalog: gabinete — group of advisors
  • Ukrainian: кабінет (kabinet) — group of advisors
  • Welsh: cabinet — group of advisors
  • Zulu: ikhabinethe — group of advisors
  • Afrikaans: kabinet — group of ministers
  • Belarusian: кабіне́т (kabinjét) — group of ministers
  • Bulgarian: кабине́т (kabinét) — group of ministers
  • Burmese: ကက်ဗိနက် (kakbi.nak) — group of ministers
  • Burmese: ဝန်ကြီးအဖွဲ့ (wankri:a.hpwai.) — group of ministers
  • Catalan: gabinet — group of ministers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 內閣 /内阁 (nèigé) — group of ministers
  • Czech: kabinet — group of ministers
  • Dutch: kabinet — group of ministers
  • Esperanto: kabineto — group of ministers
  • Finnish: hallitus — group of ministers
  • French: cabinet — group of ministers
  • Georgian: კაბინეტი (ḳabineṭi) — group of ministers
  • Georgian: მინისტრთა კაბინეტი (minisṭrta ḳabineṭi) — group of ministers
  • Georgian: მინისტრთა საბჭო (minisṭrta sabč̣o) — group of ministers
  • Georgian: მთავრობა (mtavroba) — group of ministers
  • German: Kabinett — group of ministers
  • German: Ministerrat — group of ministers
  • German: Regierung — group of ministers
  • German: Regierungsmannschaft — group of ministers
  • Greek: υπουργικό συμβούλιο (ypourgikó symvoúlio) — group of ministers
  • Hebrew: קבינט (kabinet) — group of ministers
  • Hindi: मंत्रिमंडल (mantrimaṇḍal) — group of ministers
  • Indonesian: kabinet — group of ministers
  • Indonesian: dewan menteri — group of ministers
  • Irish: airí rialtais — group of ministers
  • Irish: comh-aireacht — group of ministers
  • Italian: gabinetto — group of ministers
  • Italian: consiglio dei ministri — group of ministers
  • Japanese: 内閣 (naikaku) — group of ministers
  • Khmer: គណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី (kônărôthâmôntrei) — group of ministers
  • Khmer: កាប៊ីណេត៍ (kabinét) — group of ministers
  • Korean: 내각 (naegak) — group of ministers
  • Latvian: kabinets — group of ministers
  • Lithuanian: kambarëlis — group of ministers
  • Lithuanian: kabinetas — group of ministers
  • Malay: kabinet — group of ministers
  • Malay: jemaah menteri — group of ministers
  • Maltese: gabinet — group of ministers
  • Manx: cabnaid — group of ministers
  • Māori: kāhui minita — group of ministers
  • Māori: komiti minita — group of ministers
  • Māori: rūnanga o te kāwanatanga — group of ministers
  • Māori: kapinete — group of ministers
  • Mongolian: шїїгээ (šüügee) — group of ministers
  • Occitan: gabinet — group of ministers
  • Persian: کابینه (kâbine) — group of ministers
  • Polish: rząd — group of ministers
  • Polish: rada ministrów — group of ministers
  • Polish: gabinet — group of ministers
  • Portuguese: gabinete — group of ministers
  • Russian: кабине́т (kabinét) — group of ministers
  • Russian: сове́т мини́стров (sovét minístrov) — group of ministers
  • Sicilian: cabbinettu — group of ministers
  • Slovene: kabinet — group of ministers
  • Spanish: gabinete — group of ministers
  • Swahili: kabati — group of ministers
  • Swedish: kabinett — group of ministers
  • Swedish: regering — group of ministers
  • Swedish: ministär — group of ministers
  • Swedish: råd — group of ministers
  • Tagalog: gabinete — group of ministers
  • Thai: คณะรัฐมนตรี (ká-ná-rát-tà-mon-dtrii) — group of ministers
  • Turkish: kabine — group of ministers
  • Ukrainian: кабіне́т (kabinét) — group of ministers
  • Vietnamese: nội các — group of ministers
  • Welsh: cabinet — group of ministers
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