cabin

Plural: cabins

Noun

• small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
• a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area
• the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried
• A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
• A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
• A private room on a ship.
• The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
• The passenger area of an airplane.
• The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.
• A signal box.
• A small room; an enclosed place.
• A private office; particularly of a doctor, businessman, lawyer, or other professional.

Verb

• confine to a small space, such as a cabin
• To place in a cabin or other small space.
• To limit the scope of.
• To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.

Examples

• "Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin."
• "Passengers shall remain in their cabins."
• "the captain’s cabin"

Synonyms

cell, chamber, hut, pod, shack, shed

Related Words

cabana