n.
- a cupboard with drawers or shelves for storing or displaying articles.
▸a wooden box, container, or piece of furniture housing a radio, television set, or speaker.
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(also Cabinet)
(in the UK, Canada, and other Commonwealth countries) the committee of senior ministers responsible for controlling government policy.
▸(in the US) a body of advisers to the President, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: from cabin + -et1, influenced by Fr. cabinet; sense 2 derives from the obs. sense ‘a small private room’.