: an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to about two quarts (2.2 liters)

cab

2 of 5

noun (2)

1
a(1)
(2)
: a similar light closed carriage (such as a hansom)
b
: a carriage for hire
2
3
[short for cabin]
a
: the part of a locomotive that houses the engineer and operating controls
b
: a comparable shelter (as on a truck) housing operating controls

cab

3 of 5

verb

cabbed; cabbing

intransitive verb

: to travel in a cab
cabbed back to the hotel

cab

4 of 5

noun (3)

often capitalized

CAB

5 of 5

abbreviation

Civil Aeronautics Board

Examples of cab in a Sentence

Noun (2) called a cab to get back to the hotel
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Noun
Half an hour later and two blocks away, a third-grader named Cooper Stock was crossing West End Avenue at 97th Street (yes, yes, with the light and in the crosswalk), holding his father’s hand, when a cab driver whipped around the corner and crushed him to death. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024 In the passenger cab, the front fascia is made up of a steel and gold topographic map of the Furka Pass, where Bond played cat and mouse with Goldfinger and his henchman Oddjob. David Szondy, New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
Some fans walked away from the stadium to grab an Uber or cab back to their hotels. Bryan West, USA TODAY, 25 May 2024 Mansukhani, a designer in New York and a daughter of immigrants, said her uncle, Umesh Reghuram, wired money to cab drivers, vegetable peddlers and maids. Dr. Divya Chhabra, ABC News, 10 May 2021 See all Example Sentences for cab 

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Hebrew qabh

Noun (2)

short for cabriolet

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1535, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Verb

1831, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

1986, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cab was in 1535

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Cite this Entry

“Cab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cab. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

cab

noun
ˈkab
1
a
: a light closed carriage (as a hansom)
b
: a carriage for hire
2
3
a
: the covered compartment for the engineer and the controls of a locomotive
b
: a similar compartment on a truck, tractor, or crane
Etymology

Noun

sense 1 from French cabriolet "a one-horse carriage"; sense 2 a shortened form of taxicab

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