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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. (cabinet) a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
  2. (cabinet) persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
  3. (cabinet) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
  4. (cabinet) housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
  5. (cabinetry) cabinetwork: the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality)
  6. A Cabinet is a body of high ranking members of the government, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or an Executive Committee.
  7. (Cabinet (album)) Cabinet is the debut album of the Swedish technical death metal band Spawn of Possession.
  8. (Cabinet (Australia)) The Cabinet of Australia is the council of senior ministers of the Crown, responsible to parliament. The Cabinet is appointed by the Governor-General, on the advice of the Prime Minister, and serves at the former's pleasure. ...
  9. (Cabinet (computer)) 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.
  10. (Cabinet (European Commission)) In the European Commission, a cabinet (the French pronunciation, cab-ee-nay, is used) is the personal office of a European Commissioner. ...
  11. (Cabinet (Fiji)) 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. ...
  12. (cabinet) 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 ...
  13. (Cabinet) A box or curtained enclosure in which a physical medium is secured and from which various phenomena may manifest (e.g., lights, objects moving, instruments played). Certain stage magicians can simulate this procedure with great effect. ...
  14. (Cabinet) The large lower box that holds the playfield, coin box, and flipper buttons.  It often has color attention-attracting graphics, especially on later model games with detailed many-color side art.  Not to be confused with the backbox.  The cabinet is also known as the 'body'.
  15. (Cabinet) the resident bishop and the district superintendents of an Annual Conference acting together as a body
  16. (cabinet) Group of key presidential advisors which includes the Secretaries or heads of each Department of the national government. Presidents generally hold regular Cabinet meetings.
  17. (Cabinet) A hedged enclosure at the end of a walkway or path.
  18. (cabinet) Group made up of the heads of the executive departments that advises the U.S. president.
  19. the Cabinet consists of Ministers, with the Chief Minister at its head, to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his functions;
  20. (cabinet) The outside of the piano; the part you see when the piano is closed.
  21. (Cabinet) this is an enclosed area that a Spiritualist medium is known to sit in or outside of the cabinet. The cabinet is made of a wooden structure however; the mediums cabinet can also be a corner section of the room and draped with dark or light curtains. ...
  22. (cabinet) an enclosure for a panel board that is designed for
  23. (Cabinet) The counsel or group of advisers of a king or other chief executive of a government. A group of individuals who advise the president of the United States.
  24. (cabinet) the major departments of the federal government such as State and Defense of which there are now 14.
  25. (CABINET) A milkshake in Rhode Island.