CABINET
\kˈabɪnət], \kˈabɪnət], \k_ˈa_b_ɪ_n_ə_t]\
Definitions of CABINET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
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persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
By Princeton University
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a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
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persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
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relating to or being a member of a governmental cabinet; "cabinet matters"; "a cabinet minister"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A hut; a cottage; a small house.
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A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.
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A private room in which consultations are held.
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The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.
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A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:
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A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an etagere or closed with doors. See Etagere.
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Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.
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Suitable for a cabinet; small.
By Oddity Software
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A hut; a cottage; a small house.
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A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.
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A private room in which consultations are held.
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The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.
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A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:
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A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an etagere or closed with doors. See Etagere.
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Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.
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Suitable for a cabinet; small.
By Noah Webster.
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A small apartment; a private room; a plece of furniture to hold objects of art, curiosity, etc.; a committee of the heads of governmental departments.
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Secret; small; as, a cabinet organ; of or pertaining to the advisory council of the chief executive of a nation.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small room or closet: a case of drawers for articles of value: a private room for consultation-hence THE CABINET, the advisers of the President.
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Confidential: secret: private. In accordance with this sense the term cabinet council was long, in general use before it became specifically applied in politics.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A state council, or its meeting place; a room for specimens, etc.; a study or closet.
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A piece of furniture having shelves and drawers.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A closet or small room; a private room, in which consultations are held; the secret council of a monarch; the collective body of ministers who direct the government of a state; a piece of furniture, consisting of a chest or box, with drawers and doors; a place where things of value are deposited for safe keeping. See Cabin.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A small private room or closet; the secret council of a sovereign; the executive government of a country, so called because originally held in a small room or cabinet; a piece of furniture containing boxes and drawers.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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