Meaning

7 senses
  1. A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.

    a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits

  2. A similar compartment in other vehicles.

    Führerhaus, Fahrerhaus, Führerkabine

    каби́наkabína

  3. A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower.

  4. (historical)Any of several two- or four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet.

    small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood

  5. Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys.

    a cab ride

    to take a cab

  6. (historical)A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure.

  7. (informal)An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.

Examples

255 sentences
  1. Tom called a cab for Mary.

    Том викликав Мері таксі.

    ruТом вызвал такси для Мэри.

    deTom rief Mary ein Taxi.

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  2. Should I call you a cab?

    Викликати тобі таксі?

    ruВызвать тебе такси?

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  3. Tom will probably come by cab.

    Том, мабуть, приїде на таксі.

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  4. I want to take a cab.

    Я хочу взяти таксі.

    ruЯ хочу взять такси.

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  5. I left my umbrella in the cab.

    Я залишила свою парасольку у таксі.

    ruЯ оставил свой зонт в такси.

    deIch habe meinen Schirm im Taxi liegen lassen.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
compartment:

Origin

Clipping of cabriolet. From Hebrew קב (káv). Clipping of cabinet.

Clipping of cabriolet.

From Hebrew קב (káv).

Clipping of cabinet.

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Forms

plural: cabs
Singularcab
Pluralcabs

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money:hacktaxitaxicab
  • small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood:cabriolet

Word family

42 related words

Collocations

10 patterns
  • take a cab
  • call a cab
  • cab driver
  • a cab driver
  • come by cab
  • the cab driver
  • get a cab
  • find a cab
  • for a cab
  • of the cab

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cab — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto