Definition of "cab" in English

noun

1. A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.

2. A similar compartment in other vehicles.

3. A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower.

4. (historical) Any of several two- or four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet.

5. Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys.

   • a cab ride
   • to take a cab

verb

1. To travel by taxicab.

noun

1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure.

noun

1. (video games, informal) An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.

2. (software, Windows) Clipping of cabinet file (“a compress library archive file”).

noun

1. (cooking, informal, wine) Short for cabernet sauvignon

noun

1. Alternative form of Cab.