Definition of CABINET

cabinet

Plural: cabinets

Noun

  • A piece of furniture with shelves or drawers for storage.
  • 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
  • housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
  • A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
  • A cupboard.
  • A source of valuable things; a storehouse.
  • The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.
  • A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
  • A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
  • In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.
  • In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.
  • A cabinet-level agency in the executive branch; that is, an agency headed by a member of the governor's cabinet.
  • A small chamber or private room.
  • A collection of art or ethnographic objects.
  • Milkshake.
  • A hut; a cottage; a small house.
  • An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.

Examples

  • Her strategy involved a full CABINET of tricks, from two-letter words to bingos.

Origin / Etymology

From cabin + -et, influenced by French cabinet.
In sense of “a government group”, compare salon, also named for a room used to gather.

Synonyms

console, locker, storage locker, cabinet agency, cabinet department, program cabinet, superagency

Scrabble Score: 11

cabinet: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cabinet: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cabinet: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

cabinet: valid Words With Friends Word