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cab

(kæb)
Word forms: plural cabs
1. countable noun
A cab is a taxi.
2. countable noun
The cab of a truck or train is the front part in which the driver sits.
A Luton van has additional load space over the driver's cab.
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cab in British English 1

(kæb)
noun
1. 
a. 
a taxi
b. 
(as modifier)
a cab rank
2. 
the enclosed compartment of a lorry, locomotive, crane, etc, from which it is driven or operated
3. 
(formerly) a light horse-drawn vehicle used for public hire
4.  first cab off the rank
Word origin
C19: shortened from cabriolet

cab in British English 2

or kab (kæb)
noun
an ancient Hebrew measure equal to about 2.3 litres (4 pints)
Word origin
C16: from Hebrew qabh container, something hollowed out

CAB in British English

abbreviation for
1. 
(in Britain) Citizens' Advice Bureau
2. 
(in the US) Civil Aeronautics Board

CAB in American English

Civil Aeronautics Board

cab in American English 1

(kæb)
noun
1. 
a horse-drawn carriage, esp. one for public hire
2. 
taxicab
3. 
the part of a locomotive, motor truck, crane, etc. in which the operator sits
verb intransitiveWord forms: cabbed or ˈcabbing Informal
4. 
to take a taxicab
5. 
to drive a taxicab
Word origin
< cabriolet

cab in American English 2

(kæb)
noun
an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure, equal to about two quarts
Word origin
Heb (2 Kings 6:25) qab, hollow vessel < qābab, to hollow out

cab in Automotive Engineering

(kæb)
Word forms: (regular plural) cabs
noun
(Automotive engineering: Vehicle components, Bodywork, controls, and accessories)
The cab of a truck is the front part in which the driver sits.
She climbed into the cab, and the truck started off again.
The truck has additional load space over the driver's cab.
Vehicles can be carried on the platform behind the cab of the truck.

Examples of 'cab' in a sentence
cab

All HGVs will be given a rating out of five for the visibility offered to drivers from their cabs.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In London a cab ride of that length would set you back about 20 on the streets.
The Sun (2016)
The case of taxi cabs combines both.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Why do you think cab drivers offer you a handful of blank receipts?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He is one of the next cabs off the rank.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
And they get cheap nannies and au pairs and taxi cabs.
The Sun (2015)
The cab driver came in for a juice too.
James Fergusson KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds (2004)
Witnesses told how they saw the cab of the truck tilt forward which sent the net tumbling down.
The Sun (2011)
Usually it's a relief to get home after a long cab ride.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They sneak forward to climb up the small gap between the lorry 's cab and trailer.
The Sun (2015)
The previous occupant of the house was an Indian cab rank firm.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Try getting it on a taxi cab in London.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The cab driver isn't sure where exactly we are going.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He is the appointed one, the next cab off the rank.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I liked the door in my face and paying for our cab ride to his basement flat.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
How he'd had a laugh and a joke with colleagues before he took the controls in the cab of his train.
The Sun (2015)
While the driver continued along in his own little world of the truck cab, people along the road saw what was happening.
Christianity Today (2000)
A camera in the train cab filmed the crash, above.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Just 170, including a cab ride home.
The Sun (2009)
What may seem perfectly good driving conditions seen from the lofty cab of a lorry can appear very different to a car driver, enveloped in spray.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

In other languages
cab

British English: cab /kæb/ NOUN
A cab is a taxi.
They went home in a cab.
  • American English: cab
  • Arabic: سَيَّارَةٌ أُجْرَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: táxi
  • Chinese: 出租车
  • Croatian: taksi
  • Czech: taxík
  • Danish: taxi
  • Dutch: taxi
  • European Spanish: taxi
  • Finnish: taksi
  • French: taxi
  • German: Taxi
  • Greek: ταξί
  • Italian: taxi
  • Japanese: タクシー
  • Korean: 택시
  • Norwegian: drosje
  • Polish: taksówka
  • European Portuguese: táxi
  • Romanian: taxi
  • Russian: такси
  • Latin American Spanish: taxi
  • Swedish: taxi
  • Thai: รถรับจ้าง
  • Turkish: taksi
  • Ukrainian: таксі
  • Vietnamese: taxi

All related terms of 'cab'

cab sav
a black grape originally grown in the Bordeaux area of France , and now throughout the wine-producing world
black cab
a taxi whose drivers are officially tested and licensed
cab-over
a truck tractor or other vehicle in which the cab is located over the engine
cab rank
an area, often specially designated, where taxis wait to pick up passengers
cab stand
A cab stand is a place where taxis wait for passengers, for example, at an airport or outside a station.
crew cab
A crew cab is a cab in a vehicle such as a fire engine that has been extended with a second row of seats to carry additional crew.
gipsy cab
a taxi licensed only to answer calls, esp one that picks up passengers in the street illegally
gypsy cab
a taxi licensed only to answer calls, esp one that picks up passengers in the street illegally
radio cab
a taxi or cab equipped with a radio for communication
Checker cab
a taxi with a checked pattern as part of the trim
hackney cab
a compact breed of harness horse with a high-stepping trot
hansom cab
a two-wheeled one-horse carriage with a fixed hood . The driver sits on a high outside seat at the rear
hansom (cab)
a 19th-cent. two-wheeled covered carriage for two passengers, pulled by one horse: the driver's seat is above and behind the cab
cab rank rule
the rule that obliges barristers to take on any client in strict rotation
minicab
A minicab is a taxi which you have to arrange to pick you up by phone .
taxicab
A taxicab is the same as a → taxi .
first cab off the rank
the first person, etc, to do or take advantage of something

Chinese translation of 'cab'

cab

(kæb)

n (c)

  1. (= taxi) 出租车(車) (chūzūchē) (辆(輛), liàng)
  2. [of truck, tractor, train] 驾(駕)驶(駛)室 (jiàshǐshì)
  3. (horse-drawn) 轻(輕)便两(兩)轮(輪)马(馬)车(車) (qīngbiàn liǎnglún mǎchē)
(noun) 
Definition
a taxi
We'd better take a cab to the station.
Synonyms
taxi
minicab
taxicab
hackney
hackney carriage

Synonyms of 'cab'

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