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cab·i·net
I. \ˈkab(ə)nə̇t\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle French, diminutive of Old North French cabine gambling house, gambling booth
1. : a box for storing chiefly small articles usually closed by a hinged or sliding door, fitted with shelves or drawers, and suitably finished as an item of home, office, or laboratory furniture:
a. : an upright case or cupboardlike repository for utensils, materials, or documents conveniently accessible for use
< a bathroom wall cabinet for medicines, bandages, and toilet articles >
< cards alphabetically arranged in rows of file cabinets >
< installation of a cabinet sink in the kitchen >
b. : a similar repository for specimens of a biological, mineralogical, numismatic, antiquarian, or curio collection usually ordered for display; also : a collection of specimens regarded independently of the repository
< original owner of the cabinet that was the basis of a classical work in the field >
c. : an enclosed framework for printers' cases or material
d. : an upright case housing a radio or television receiver : console
e. : a box having a tight-closing door and containing an ovenlike chamber in which a desired temperature, humidity, and circulation of air may be maintained for humidification, sterilization, or evaporation or for incubation of biological samples
f. : a small box containing both writing paper and envelopes
g. : a cupboardlike compartment usually of steel with a swinging door used to house an electric panelboard
2.
a. [probably influenced by cabin] archaic : a small room providing seclusion (as for study or reading)
b. : a room for the safekeeping and exhibition of treasured art works or art objects; specifically : a small exhibition room in a museum
c. : a small enclosed space or stall for a person performing some action
< a shower cabinet installed in the bathroom >
3. obsolete
a. : a bower in a garden
b. : a retreat or shelter
4.
a. archaic
(1) : the private room serving as council chamber of the chief councilors or ministers of a sovereign, in England originally of the members of the privy council
(2) : the consultations and actions of these councilors
b. often capitalized : a body of advisers of a sovereign or head of a state:
(1) : an executive or policy-making body consisting of a prime minister and the ministers in charge of the principal departments of government whose members take the leadership of all legislation and are by custom responsible for it to parliament
< a constitutional monarchy with a cabinet system >
< the cabinet consists of about twenty members appointed nominally by the governor-general but really by the prime minister — F.A.Magruder >
— compare ministry 7a
(2) : an advisory council of a president composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government whose members have been appointed by the president and who are responsible only to him
< the cabinet of the president of the U.S. >
< at present the civil service commissioner, the director of the budget, and the chief United States delegate to the U.N. are also de facto cabinet members — Ernest Maass >
(3) : a similar advisory council of a national chief executive (as a chancellor)
(4) : a similar advisory council of a governor of a state or a mayor in the United States
c. Britain : a meeting of a cabinet
d. Britain : government 8c (1)
5. : the advisory or executive council of an organization (as religious, fraternal, academic)
II. adjective
1. : suitable by reason of small size for a private compartment or by reason of attractiveness and antique character or perfection as a specimen for preservation and display in a cabinet
< cabinet painting is a defunct art — Herbert Read >
< porcelain cabinet plates with figural centers >
2. : belonging to a governmental cabinet
< cabinet ministers >
< the new post carries cabinet rank >
3.
a. : used or adapted for cabinetmaking
< mahogany, walnut, and other fine cabinet woods >
b. : done, made, or used by a cabinetmaker
III. \ˈkab(ə)nə̇t, -bəˌnet\ transitive verb
(cabineted or cabinetted ; cabineted or cabinetted ; cabineting or cabinetting ; cabinets)
1. archaic : to put in a cabinet
2. archaic : to lock up : shut |