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noun

Cabinet n.

1.

A hut; a cottage; a small house. (Obs.) "Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet."

2.

A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.

3.

A private room in which consultations are held. "Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet."

4.

The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council. Note: In England, the cabinet or cabinet council consists of those privy councilors who actually transact the immediate business of the government. In the United States, the cabinet is composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government, namely, the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of Agiculture, the Postmaster-general, and the Attorney-general.

5.

(a)

A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:

(b)

A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an étagère or closed with doors. See etagere.

6.

Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.

Cabinet council.

(a)

Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title).

(b)

A meeting of the cabinet.

Cabinet councilor, a member of a cabinet council.

Cabinet photograph, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a carte de visite.

Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection.

verb

Cabinet v. i. (past & past part. cabineted; pres. part. cabineting) To inclose (R.)

adjective

Cabinet adj. Suitable for a cabinet; small. "He (Varnhagen von Ense) is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe."

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Etymology of 'Cabinet'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cabinet" Quotes from Famous Books

... be so appropriate as a bouquet of wax flowers and a glass shade to put over it. There was a strong party in favor of spoons. Annie Silsbie suggested "a statue;" somebody else a clock. Rose Red was for a cabinet piano, and Katy had some trouble in convincing her that forty dollars would not buy one. Bella demanded that they should ...

— What Katy Did At School • Susan Coolidge

... preached nor designed for the public, was hardly evidence enough of treason even for such Judges—so purchased, for such an Attorney—so greedy of preferment, with such a Cabinet and such a King. For all those, like the Pharisees of old, "feared the People." So their victim was tortured on the rack, and twelve leading questions prepared by the Government officials, were put to him there. ...

— The Trial of Theodore Parker • Theodore Parker

... the castle occupied by the cardinal, taking nobody with him but his valet de chambre, the officer of musketeers came out, breathing like a man who has for a long time been forced to hold his breath, from the little cabinet of which we have already spoken, and which the king believed to be quite solitary. This little cabinet had formerly been part of the chamber, from which it was only separated by a thin partition. It resulted that this partition, which was only for the eye, permitted the ear the ...

— Ten Years Later - Chapters 1-104 • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... could worry me after my long draught—of the desert, you know! Well! one must get into harness again." She gave a little sigh. "But to think of your having Westmoreland House! How everybody wondered last season what was to become of it! and what furniture, oh! what an exquisite cabinet! You certainly have wonderful taste." Molly did not interrupt her visitor to explain that the said cabinet had belonged to Madame Danterre. "I adore that style; I do so wish Tim would give me a cabinet like that for my birthday. I really think ...

— Great Possessions • Mrs. Wilfrid Ward

... fallen through it. However, as I had a small party of the company, I continued to get a number of little jobs done towards making it passably comfortable for the men, and for my own part I got Hector Munro, who was a joiner by trade, to knock up a kind of "cabinet" (as the Canadians called it) in one corner of the house for myself. We had a stove, but our Highlanders, who know no better, would not suffer the door to be closed, as they thought if they could not naturally see the fire, it was impossible that they could feel it. In this way they ...

— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine

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