1
a
: a case or cupboard usually having doors and shelves
a kitchen cabinet
a medicine cabinet
b
: a collection of specimens especially of biological or numismatic interest
a butterfly display cabinet
c
d
: a chamber having temperature and humidity controls and used especially for incubating biological samples
2
a
archaic
: a small room providing seclusion
b
: a small exhibition room in a museum
3
a
archaic
(1)
: the private room serving as council chamber of the chief councillors or ministers of a sovereign
(2)
: the consultations and actions of these councillors
b(1)
often capitalized
: a body of advisers of a head of state
the president's cabinet
(2)
: a similar advisory council of a governor of a state or a mayor
c
British
: a meeting of a cabinet
4
New England
: milkshake
1
: of or relating to a governmental cabinet (see cabinet entry 1 sense 3b)
held a cabinet meeting
2
: suitable by reason of size for a small room or by reason of attractiveness or perfection for preservation and display in a cabinet
porcelain cabinet plates
3
a
: used or adapted for cabinetmaking
b
: done or used by a cabinetmaker
Synonyms
Examples of cabinet in a Sentence
Noun
a member of the President's Cabinet
the most precious knickknacks were kept in a cabinet with glass doors
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Apr. 2024
The ultraconservatives in Netanyahu’s cabinet and in the Knesset have spoken out loudly and often in favor of something dramatic, even an assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities or its civilian population.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Just as no spice cabinet should be without black pepper, no indoor plant collection should be without Peperomia.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Apr. 2024
The ultraconservatives in Netanyahu’s cabinet and in the Knesset have spoken out loudly and often in favor of something dramatic, even an assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities or its civilian population.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Cabinet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabinet. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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