Cabin (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction: He was born in a cabin built of rough logs.
  2. an enclosed space for more or less temporary occupancy, as the living quarters in a trailer or the passenger space in a cable car.
  3. the enclosed space for the pilot, cargo, or especially passengers in an air or space vehicle.
  4. an apartment or room in a ship, as for passengers.
  5. cabin class.
  6. (in a naval vessel) living accommodations for officers.
adverb
  1. in cabin-class accommodations or by cabin-class conveyance: to travel cabin.
verb (used without object)
  1. to live in a cabin: They cabin in the woods on holidays.
verb (used with object)
  1. to confine; enclose tightly; cramp.
noun
  1. a small simple dwelling; hut
  2. a simple house providing accommodation for travellers or holiday-makers at a motel or holiday camp
  3. a room used as an office or living quarters in a ship
  4. a covered compartment used for shelter or living quarters in a small boat
  5. (in a warship) the compartment or room reserved for the commanding officer
  6. British another name for signal box
    • the enclosed part of a light aircraft in which the pilot and passengers sit
    • the part of an airliner in which the passengers are carried
    • the section of an aircraft used for cargo
verb
  1. to confine in a small space
Cabin (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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