cab

Plural: cabs

Noun

• a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
• small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood
• a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
• A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.
• A similar compartment in other vehicles.
• A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower.
• Any of several four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet.
• Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys.
• A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure.
• An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.
• Clipping of cabinet file (“a compress library archive file”).
• Alternative form of Cab.

Verb

• ride in a taxicab
• To travel by taxicab.

Examples

• "a cab ride"

Synonyms

cabriolet, driver's compartment, hack, taxi, taxicab