cabinet

noun
/ˈkæb.ɪ.nɪt/UK/ˈkæb.ɪ.nɪt/US/ˈkæb.ə.nət/

Etymology

From cabin + -et, influenced by French cabinet. In sense of “a government group”, compare salon, also named for a room used to gather.

  1. derived from cabinet

Definitions

  1. A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

  2. A cupboard.

  3. A museum display case.

  4. + 10 more definitions
    1. A source of valuable things

      A source of valuable things; a storehouse.

    2. The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.

    3. A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".

      • Holmes took a note of it. “One other question,” said he. “Was the photograph a cabinet?”
    4. A group of advisors to a government or business entity.

    5. In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible…

      In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

    6. A small chamber or private room.

      • Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet.
    7. A collection of art or ethnographic objects.

    8. Milkshake.

    9. A hut

      A hut; a cottage; a small house.

      • Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, / The rural song of careful Colinet.
    10. An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cabinet. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at cabinet. 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 cabinet

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