noun
Meaning 1
A built-in cabinet found in a kitchen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
kitchen cabinet
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noun
Meaning 2
An informal group of advisors to a country's chief executive, as distinguished from the official cabinet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Alternative letter-case form of kitchen cabinet (“an informal group of advisors to a country's chief executive”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 4
an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brain trust
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp
History
Etymology
kitchen + cabinet (“a piece of furniture”)
kitchen + cabinet (“an advisory group of people”)
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 櫥櫃 /橱柜 (chúguì) — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Danish: køkkenskab — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Dutch: keukenkastje — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Faroese: køksskáp — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Finnish: keittiökaappi — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- French: placard — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- German: Küchenschrank — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- German: Kücheneinbauschrank — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- German: Chuchichäschtli — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Hungarian: konyhaszekrény — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Hunsrik: Kicheschrank — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Icelandic: eldhússkápur — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Italian: pensile — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjøkkenskap — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Persian: کابینت آشپزخانە (kâbinet-e âšpazxâne) — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Polish: szafa kuchenna — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Russian: ку́хонный шкаф (kúxonnyj škaf) — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Swedish: köksskåp — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Turkish: mutfak dolabı — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Ukrainian: ку́хонна ша́фа (kúxonna šáfa) — built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
- Chinese Mandarin: 廚房內閣 /厨房内阁 (chúfáng nèigé) — informal group of advisors
- Finnish: neuvonantajat — informal group of advisors
- Finnish: neuvonantajaryhmä — informal group of advisors
- French: Kitchen Cabinet — informal group of advisors
- Russian: кухонный кабинет (kuxonnyj kabinet) — informal group of advisors