Synonyms for cabinet
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kab-uh-nit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæb ə nɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for cabinet
Définition of cabinet
Origin :- 1540s, "secret storehouse, treasure chamber," from Middle French cabinet "small room" (16c.), diminutive of Old French cabane "cabin" (see cabin); perhaps influenced by (or rather, from) Italian gabbinetto, diminutive of gabbia, from Latin cavea "stall, stoop, cage, den for animals" (see cave (n.)).
- Meaning "case for safe-keeping" (of papers, liquor, etc.) is from 1540s, gradually shading to mean a piece of furniture that does this. Sense of "private room where advisors meet" (c.1600) led to modern political meaning (1640s); perhaps originally short for cabinet council (1630s); cf. board (n.1) in its evolution from place where some group meets to the word for the group that meets there.
- noun cupboard for storage
- noun executives serving a leader
- We will work on this in the White House, in the Cabinet agencies.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- He was a member of the Cabinet, but not of the House of Commons.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- But the most characteristic display of all is the "Cabinet."
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- It was in February, 1855, that Mr. Gladstone resigned his seat in the Cabinet.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Ay; so every thing is that I keep in that cabinet of curiosities.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The Cabinet will recede more and more from our principles, our party.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Probably there will be only cabinet organs—don't worry, dear!
- Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- Then in a cabinet I superintended Cousin Egbert's change of raiment.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- After them came Mr. Gladstone, with other members of the Cabinet.
- Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume I » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- After all, one is not an ex-British Cabinet Minister for nothing.
- Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
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