cabinet

Meanings

Plural: cabinets

Noun

• a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
• persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
• a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
• housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
• A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
• A cupboard.
• A source of valuable things; a storehouse.
• The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.
• A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
• A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
• 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.
• 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.
• A cabinet-level agency in the executive branch; that is, an agency headed by a member of the governor's cabinet.
• A small chamber or private room.
• A collection of art or ethnographic objects.
• Milkshake.
• A hut; a cottage; a small house.
• An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.

Synonyms

cabinet agency, cabinet department, console, locker, program cabinet, storage locker, superagency

Related Words

armoire, chest of drawers, salon