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English[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From cabin + -et, influenced by French cabinet. In sense of “a government group”, compare salon, also named for a room used to gather.
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
- IPA: /'kæbɪnɪt/
Noun[edit | edit source]
Singular |
Plural |
Cabinet ({{{1}}})
- A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
- Template:Historical A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
- 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal In Bohemia, Norton (2005), p. 19,
- Holmes took a note of it. “One other question,” said he. “Was the photograph a cabinet?”
- 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal In Bohemia, Norton (2005), p. 19,
- A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
- Template:Politics 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.
- (archaic) A small chamber or private room.
- (often capitalized) a collection of art or ethnographic objects
- Template:Dialectal milkshake
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Translations[edit | edit source]
A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall
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A group of advisors to a government or business entity
the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy
See also[edit | edit source]
Anagrams[edit | edit source]
- abceint,
- bacinet
French[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From Italian gabinetto.
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Cabinet m. (plural Cabinets)
- (archaic) a study
- an office, a surgery
- a cabinet
- a cabinet of government advisors
- (in plural) the toilet, lavatory
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