noun · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkæb.ɪ.nɪt/
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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.
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noun
Meaning 1
A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 2
A cupboard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 3
A museum display case.
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Meaning 4
A source of valuable things; a storehouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning 5
The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.
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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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Meaning 7
A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
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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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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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Meaning 10
A small chamber or private room.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning 11
A collection of art or ethnographic objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, often
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Meaning 12
Milkshake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
Qualifier: Rhode Island
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Meaning 13
A hut; a cottage; a small house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning 14
An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.
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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
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Meaning 16
housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: console
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Broader terms: housing
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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
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Broader terms: compartment
Narrower terms: glory hole, lazaretto
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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.
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Translations
162 source translations are retained for this English entry.