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Noun
/ˈkabənit/,
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cabinets, plural;
  1. A cupboard with drawers or shelves for storing or displaying articles
    • - a medicine cabinet
  2. A wooden box, container, or piece of furniture housing a radio, television set, or speaker

  3. (in the US) A body of advisers to the President, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government
    • - a cabinet meeting
  4. (in the UK, Canada, and other Commonwealth countries) The committee of senior ministers responsible for controlling government policy

  5. A small private room


  1. a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
  2. persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
  3. a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
  4. housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
  5. Cabinet is the debut album of the Swedish technical death metal band Spawn of Possession.
  6. A 19-inch rack is a standardized frame or enclosure for mounting multiple equipment modules. Each module has a front panel that is wide, including edges or ears that protrude on each side which allow the module to be fastened to the rack frame with screws.
  7. In the European Commission, a cabinet (the French pronunciation, cab-ee-nay, is used) is the personal office of a European Commissioner. The role of a cabinet is to give political guidance to its Commissioner, while technical preparation is handled by the DGs (the European Civil Service).
  8. Fiji has the Westminster system - executive authority is vested nominally in a President, but exercised in practice by a Cabinet of Ministers, presided over by the Prime Minister. ...
  9. In computing, CAB is the Microsoft Windows native compressed archive format. It supports compression and digital signing, and is used in a variety of Microsoft installation engines: Setup API, Device Installer, AdvPack (for the installation of ActiveX components from Internet Explorer) and ...
  10. The Council of State (Finnish: Valtioneuvosto, Swedish: Statsrådet; officially rendered Finnish Government) is Finland's cabinet; it directs the Government of Finland. ...
  11. A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall; A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½"; A group of advisors to a government or business entity; In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government ...
  12. (38 cabinets) répartis sur 70 sites en France et sur certains pays d’Afrique francophone.
  13. (Cabinets) Let us help you with a new vanity for your bathroom from our line of Diamond cabinets. With over 200 style and color combinations Diamond offers a variety of door styles, design flexibility and multiple price levels to ensure that you won't exceed your budget. ...
  14. Cabinets are storage compartments with shelves and cupboards. They are sometimes found in a restroom above or below the sink areas.
  15. Cabinets with hinged doors, with or without drawers inside, were made in the later seventeenth century, and much attention was paid to their decoration. They were veneered with rare woods, inlaid with marquetry and embellished with plates of embossed silver. ...
  16. A hedged enclosure at the end of a walkway or path.
  17. A small, private room where works of art, valuables and curiosities were kept and contemplated at leisure; over time the term was used for the collections themselves. Renaissance cabinets played an important role in the development of museums and art galleries.
  18. A file that contains one or more files, usually compressed.
  19. The resident bishop and the district superintendents of an Annual Conference acting together as a body.
  20. The administrative leaders who meet regularly as a group with the institution's chief executive officer. The cabinet may be all administrators who report directly to the CEO, or it may be a larger or smaller group.
  21. The group of individuals who have been appointed Ministers (heads of government departments). Also called the Executive Council.
  22. Larger than the carte-de-visite (about 4" x 6"), cabinet photographs were popular from the late 1860s to the 1890s. Like the carte-de-visite, the cabinet often bore the photographer's name. ...
  23. The Cabinet in the ACT consists of either four or five Ministers. They are appointed by the Chief Minister.
  24. A maximum of eight Members of the Parliament who have been commissioned as Ministers by the Governor to be responsible for a ministry or government agency or to administer certain Acts.
  25. The active component of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, comprised of government ministers responsible for federal departments, policies and planning.