cabinet
- cabinet
noun
1 (usually the Cabinet) in government
ADJECTIVE
▪ full (BrE)
▪ There was a meeting of the full Cabinet this afternoon.
▪ inner (esp. BrE)
▪ The inner Cabinet is to meet again today.
▪ shadow (= the most important members of the opposition party) (BrE)
▪ war
VERB + CABINET
▪ appoint, choose, form, select
▪ reshuffle
▪ The Prime Minister reshuffled (= changed) his Cabinet yesterday.
▪ enter (esp. BrE), join
▪ leave (esp. BrE), quit
▪ consult (esp. BrE)
▪ persuade, urge (both esp. BrE)
CABINET + VERB
▪ meet
▪ discuss sth
CABINET + NOUN
▪ appointee (AmE), member, minister (BrE), secretary
▪ appointment (AmE)
▪ meeting
▪ reshuffle
▪ The affair led to a mid-term Cabinet reshuffle.
2 cupboard
ADJECTIVE
▪ glass
▪ maple, oak, wooden, etc. (all esp. AmE)
▪ bathroom, bedside, kitchen
▪ medicine
▪ china, curio (AmE), display, trophy
▪ cocktail, drinks (BrE), liquor (AmE)
▪ chill, chiller (both BrE)
▪ file (AmE), filing (esp. BrE)
▪ storage
▪ locked
CABINET + NOUN
▪ door, drawer
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the cabinet
▪ Past reports are kept in the filing/file cabinet in my office.
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cabinet — [ kabinɛ ] n. m. • 1491 « petite chambre »; du picard cabine I ♦ 1 ♦ Rare en emploi libre Petite pièce située à l écart. ⇒ 2. réduit. Cabinet de débarras. ⇒ cagibi. CABINET NOIR, sans fenêtre. Menacer un enfant de l enfermer au cabinet noir.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
cabinet — CABINÉT, cabinete, s.n. I. 1. Încăpere dintr o locuinţă sau dintr o instituţie, folosită pentru exercitarea unei profesiuni. ♦ Biroul unei persoane cu muncă de răspundere. Cabinetul ministrului ♢ Şef (sau director) de cabinet = funcţionar… … Dicționar Român
cabinet — CABINET. s. m. Lieu de retraite pour travailler, ou converser en particulier, ou pour y serrer des papiers, des livres, ou quelque autre chose, selon la profession ou l humeur de la personne qui y habite. Grand cabinet. petit cabinet. cabinet à… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Cabinet — Cab i*net (k[a^]b [i^]*n[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See {Cabin}, n.] 1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cabinet — index bench, board, chamber (body), commission (agency), committee Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
cabinet — cab‧i‧net [ˈkæbnt] noun [countable] the group of politicians, including the leader of the government, who hold important positions in the government and meet regularly to discuss important issues: • a law approved by the prime minister and his… … Financial and business terms
cabinet — Cabinet, alij malunt, Gabinet, Cistula, Conclaue, Pinacotheca. Le cabinet du Roy, Cimeliarchium. B. Qui a la clef du cabinet, Cimeliarcha. Somme contente ou Cabinet du Roy, Confiscata summa. B. ex Sueton. Le cabinet d une femme, toutes les sortes … Thresor de la langue françoyse
cabinet — [kab′ə nit] n. [Fr, prob. < It gabbinetto, dim. of gabbia < L cavea, CAGE] 1. a case or cupboard with drawers or shelves for holding or storing things [a china cabinet, a medicine cabinet] 2. a) a boxlike container, usually decorated, that… … English World dictionary
Cabinet — Cabinet … Википедия
Cabinet — Cabinet, 1) ein kleineres Behältniß neben einem größern Zimmer, dient als Spielgemach, Toilette, Buffet, Garderobe etc. 2) In Palästen, Wohn oder Arbeitszimmer, letzteres namentlich für regierende Fürsten, zugleich Versammlungsort der höchsten… … Damen Conversations Lexikon
Cabinet — Cab i*net, a. Suitable for a cabinet; small. [1913 Webster] He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe. For. Quar. Rev. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
