- a piece of furniture with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding or displaying items: a curio cabinet;a file cabinet.
- a wall cupboard used for storage, as of kitchen utensils or toilet articles: a kitchen cabinet;a medicine cabinet.
- a piece of furniture containing a radio or television set, usually standing on the floor and often having a record player or a place for phonograph records.
- a council advising a president, sovereign, etc., especially the group of ministers or executives responsible for the government of a nation.
- (in the United States) an advisory body to the president, consisting of the heads of the 13 executive departments of the federal government.
- a small case with compartments for valuables or other small objects.
- a small chamber or booth for special use, especially a shower stall.
- a private room.
- a room set aside for the exhibition of small works of art or objets d'art.
- a dry white wine produced in Germany from fully matured grapes without the addition of extra sugar.
- a milkshake made with ice cream.
- a small room.
- a small cabin.
- pertaining to a political cabinet: a cabinet meeting.
- private; confidential; secret.
- pertaining to a private room.
- of suitable value, beauty, or size for a private room, small display case, etc.: a cabinet edition of Milton.
- of, relating to, or used by a cabinetmaker or in cabinetmaking.
- designating a method of projection (cabinet projection ) in which a three-dimensional object is represented by a drawing (cabinet drawing ) having all vertical and horizontal lines drawn to exact scale, with oblique lines reduced to about half scale so as to offset the appearance of distortion.
- a piece of furniture containing shelves, cupboards, or drawers for storage or display
- (as modifier)
- the outer case of a television, radio, etc
- the executive and policy-making body of a country, consisting of all government ministers or just the senior ministers
- an advisory council to a president, sovereign, governor, etc
- (as modifier)
- a standard size of paper, 6 × 4 inches (15 × 10 cm) or 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (16.5 × 10.5 cm), for mounted photographs
- (as modifier)
- an enclosed rack for holding cases of type, etc
- a private room
- suitable in size, value, decoration, etc, for a display cabinet
- (of a drawing or projection of a three-dimensional object) constructed with true horizontal and vertical representation of scale but with oblique distances reduced to about half scale to avoid the appearance of distortion
- (of a wine) specially selected and usually rare
