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US
/ˈkæbənət, ˈkæbnət/
]
[ UK /kˈæbɪnət/ ]
[ UK /kˈæbɪnət/ ]
NOUN
- housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
- 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
How To Use cabinet In A Sentence
- This is the principal faultline in today's cabinet. Times, Sunday Times
- Could the hearts of kings and the counsels of cabinets be known with that literal exactness which is so desirable in politics, and yet so unattainable, we should probably find that Prussia's apparent readiness to lead Germany was owing to her determination that German armies should be led nowhere to the assistance of Austria. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861
- He made the declarations while responding to reporters' questions on the bilateral debt forgiveness agreement during yesterday's post-Cabinet news conference at Whitehall.
- Drawing an ultrasonic syringe from a cabinet in the wall, she slapped it against Kohlberg's arm and pressed.
- After the counter is installed on top of the cabinet, the wood strip is attached to the front edge of the counter using glue and small, air-driven brads.
- While the Cabinet has yet to make final decisions, ministers seemed set to approve a pay freeze.
- The Chancellor of the Exchequer appears to have carried the Cabinet in his opposition to such a step.
- Some seem to have simply added a pull-out keyboard tray to the armoire / entertainment center and renamed it a computer cabinet.
- Please wedge this cabinet to keep it from tipping.
- Bush and his war cabinet, including Rumsfeld, Cheney and Powell, hastily convened at the White House to consider an airstrike to "decapitate" the Iraqi leadership. 'I HAVEN'T SUFFERED DOUBT'