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cabin

noun
/ˈkæbɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”); see further etymology there. Doublet of cabana and cabane.

  1. derived from capanna
  2. derived from cabane
  3. derived from caban

Definitions

  1. A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with…

    A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.

    • Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin.
    • And that was how long we stayed in the cabin, pressed together, pulling the future out of each other, sweating and groaning and making sure each of us remembered.

  2. A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.

  3. A private room on a ship.

    • the captain’s cabin
    • Passengers shall remain in their cabins.
  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.

    2. The passenger area of an airplane.

    3. The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.

    4. A signal box.

    5. A small room

      A small room; an enclosed place.

      • So long in secret cabin there he held her captive.

    6. A private office

      A private office; particularly of a doctor, businessman, lawyer, or other professional.

      • There’s Kaul’s boss, the overweight owner of a pharmaceutical firm who spends his days wolfing down junk food in the privacy of his cabin.

    7. To place in a cabin or other small space.

    8. To limit the scope of.

    9. To live in, or as if in, a cabin

      To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.

      • I'll make you […] cabin in a cave.

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Derived

aftercabin, cabin attendant, cabin bed, cabin boy, cabin car, cabin class, cabin compass, cabin crew, cabin-cruiser, cabin cruiser, cabinet, cabinette, cabin fever, cabinful, cabin hook, cabinless, cabinlike, cabinmate, forecabin, great cabin, in-cabin, log cabin, portacabin, pressure cabin, signal cabin

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cabin. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01cabin02live03inhabit04reside05abode06sojourn07lodger08lodges09lodge

A definitional loop anchored at cabin. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at cabin

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA