Cabinet Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of furniture with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding or displaying items: a curio cabinet; a file cabinet. | | 2. | a wall cupboard used for storage, as of kitchen utensils or toilet articles: a kitchen cabinet; a medicine cabinet. | | 3. | a piece of furniture containing a radio or television set, usually standing on the floor and often having a record player or a place for phonograph records. | | 4. | (often initial capital letter ) a council advising a president, sovereign, etc., esp. the group of ministers or executives responsible for the government of a nation. | | 5. | (often initial capital letter) (in the U.S.) an advisory body to the president, consisting of the heads of the 13 executive departments of the federal government. | | 6. | a small case with compartments for valuables or other small objects. | | 7. | a small chamber or booth for special use, esp. a shower stall. | | 9. | a room set aside for the exhibition of small works of art or objets d'art. | | 10. | Also called cabinet wine. a dry white wine produced in Germany from fully matured grapes without the addition of extra sugar. | | 11. | New England (chiefly Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts). a milk shake made with ice cream. | | 12. | Archaic. a small room. | | 13. | Obsolete. a small cabin. | –adjective | 14. | pertaining to a political cabinet: a cabinet meeting. | | 15. | private; confidential; secret. | | 16. | pertaining to a private room. | | 17. | of suitable value, beauty, or size for a private room, small display case, etc.: a cabinet edition of Milton. | | 18. | of, pertaining to, or used by a cabinetmaker or in cabinetmaking. | | 19. | Drafting. designating a method of projection (cabinet projection) in which a three-dimensional object is represented by a drawing (cabinet drawing) having all vertical and horizontal lines drawn to exact scale, with oblique lines reduced to about half sca
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