n. | 1. | A hut; a cottage; a small house. | |||||||||||||||
2. | A small room, or retired apartment; a closet. | ||||||||||||||||
3. | A private room in which consultations are held. | ||||||||||||||||
4. | The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council. | ||||||||||||||||
5. | A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence: | ||||||||||||||||
6. | Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.
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a. | 1. | Suitable for a cabinet; small. | |||||||||||||||
v. i. | 1. | To inclose |
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | cabinet - persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers | |
3. | ![]() Synonyms: locker, storage locker | |
4. | cabinet - housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television Synonyms: console |
CABINET. Certain officers who taken collectively make a board; as, the
president's, cabinet, which is usually composed of the secretary of state,
secretary of the treasury, the attorney general, and some others.
2. These officers are the advisers of the president.