1
a
: a case or cupboard usually having doors and shelves
a kitchen cabinet
a medicine cabinet
b
: a collection of specimens especially of biological or numismatic interest
a butterfly display cabinet
c
d
: a chamber having temperature and humidity controls and used especially for incubating biological samples
2
a
archaic
: a small room providing seclusion
b
: a small exhibition room in a museum
3
a
archaic
(1)
: the private room serving as council chamber of the chief councillors or ministers of a sovereign
(2)
: the consultations and actions of these councillors
b(1)
often capitalized
: a body of advisers of a head of state
the president's cabinet
(2)
: a similar advisory council of a governor of a state or a mayor
c
British
: a meeting of a cabinet
4
New England
: milkshake
1
: of or relating to a governmental cabinet (see cabinet entry 1 sense 3b)
held a cabinet meeting
2
: suitable by reason of size for a small room or by reason of attractiveness or perfection for preservation and display in a cabinet
porcelain cabinet plates
3
a
: used or adapted for cabinetmaking
b
: done or used by a cabinetmaker
Examples of cabinet in a Sentence
Noun
a member of the President's Cabinet
the most precious knickknacks were kept in a cabinet with glass doors
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The big picture: While the prime minister appoints the Shin Bet chief, and the cabinet approves the pick, the agency has long been seen as apolitical.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 16 Mar. 2025
Richard Stengel, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
There is clearly a divide between Stephen Miller who is placing a lot of these cabinet and sub-cabinet level deputy secretary types -- assistant attorney general types throughout the administration.
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Noun
The authority is expected to analyze the transaction at the cabinet’s request to ensure that public interest in the terminals will be protected, according to Panama’s minister to the presidency, Juan Carlos Orillac.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 17 Mar. 2025
The big picture: While the prime minister appoints the Shin Bet chief, and the cabinet approves the pick, the agency has long been seen as apolitical.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
In 1867, the House voted to completely eliminate the new department, but the Senate settled on a compromise measure that demoted the agency from a cabinet department to a sub-cabinet bureau in the Department of the Interior.
—Richard Stengel, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
There is clearly a divide between Stephen Miller who is placing a lot of these cabinet and sub-cabinet level deputy secretary types -- assistant attorney general types throughout the administration.
—ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Cabinet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabinet. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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