Definition of "cabinet" in Anglais

noun

1. A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

2. A cupboard.

3. (figuratively) A source of valuable things; a storehouse.

4. The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.

5. (historical) A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".

6. A group of advisors to a government or business entity.

7. (politics, often capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

8. (archaic) A small chamber or private room.

9. (often capitalized) A collection of art or ethnographic objects.

10. (dialectal, Rhode Island) Milkshake.

11. (obsolete) A hut; a cottage; a small house.

12. An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.