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cabinet

/ˈkæb.ɪ.nɪt/noun3 syllables

Cabinet means: a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock.

Synonyms for cabinet7

noun, as in a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock

locker, storage locker

noun, as in housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

console

also used for cabinet

cabinet agency, cabinet department, program cabinet, superagency

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What does cabinet mean?4

noun

1

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

2

housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

3

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

4

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cabinet in a sentence

  • The office was small, with two chairs, a desk, and a filing cabinet.megamanenm
  • Please look in the cabinet, the top shelf.Sprakify
  • If you spill something inside the cabinet, clean it up immediately.Amastan
  • Close the pantry and cabinets after you're finished, so it looks neat.Amastan
  • After you take something from the cabinets, please put it back where it belongs.Amastan
  • Sami saw the cabinet door in the kitchen slam open.OsoHombre
  • The china was displayed in a special cabinet.papabear
  • The minister was obliged to resign from the cabinet.sundown

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Forms of cabinet

as a noun

plural
cabinets