cabinet
A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wallA storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
» I opened the cabinet.
Я відркив шкафчик.
Meaning
14 sensesA storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
Schrank, Wandschrank, Kasten
кабине́тkabinét, шкафškaf, стенно́й шкафstennój škaf
A cupboard.
A museum display case.
(figuratively)A source of valuable things; a storehouse.
The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.
(historical)A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
Kabinett, Rat
кабине́тkabinét
кабінетkabinet
(capitalized, often)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.
Kabinett, Ministerrat, Regierung
кабине́тkabinét, сове́т мини́стровsovét minístrov
кабіне́тkabinét
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.
(capitalized, often)A cabinet-level agency in the executive branch; that is, an agency headed by a member of the governor's cabinet.
(capitalized, often)A collection of art or ethnographic objects.
(dialectal)Milkshake.
An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.
- a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
- housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
- a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
- persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
Examples
163 sentencesI opened the cabinet.
Я відркив шкафчик.
Tom isn't a good cabinet maker.
Help me move this file cabinet.
Every member of the cabinet was present.
ruПрисутствовали все члены кабинета.
deAlle Mitglieder des Kabinetts waren anwesend.
Tom isn't a very good cabinet maker.
Translations
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Origin
From cabin + -et, influenced by French cabinet.From cabin + -et, influenced by French cabinet.
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Forms
plural: cabinetsSynonyms
7 synonyms- housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television:console
- a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock:lockerstorage locker
Word family
52 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1False friends — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
6 patterns- good cabinet maker
- the medicine cabinet
- medicine cabinet
- cabinet maker
- file cabinet
- good cabinet