cabinet

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From cabin + -et, influenced by French cabinet.

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• IPA: /'kæbɪnɪt/

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cabinet (plural cabinets)

1. A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
2. (historical) A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
   • 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal In Bohemia, Norton (2005), p. 19,

     Holmes took a note of it. “One other question,” said he. “Was the photograph a cabinet?”

3. A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
4. (politics, often capitalized) 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.
5. (archaic) A small chamber or private room.
6. (often capitalized) a collection of art or ethnographic objects
7. (dialectal, Rhode Island) milkshake

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• pie safe

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• armoire
• kitchen cabinet

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Italian gabinetto.

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• IPA: /kabinɛ/

[edit] Noun

cabinet m

1. (archaic) a study
2. an office, a surgery
3. a cabinet
4. a cabinet of government advisors
5. (in plural) the toilet, lavatory