cabinet
//ˈkæb.ɪ.nɪt//
Forms
- Plural
- cabinets
Definitions
1.A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
2.A cupboard.
3.A museum display case.
4.A source of valuable things; a storehouse.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3362
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From cabin + -et, influenced by French cabinet.
In sense of “a government group”, compare salon, also named for a room used to gather.