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Cabinet - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Cabinet : (noun)
1: a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors
and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
2: persons appointed by a head of state to head executive
departments of government and act as official advisers
3: a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it
has a lock [syn: locker, storage locker]
4: housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
[syn: console]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Cabinet : \Cab"i*net\ (k[a^]b"[i^]*n[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of cabine
or cabane. See Cabin, n.]
1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.]
Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural
song of careful Colinet. --Spenser.
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. --Prescott.
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. --Mozley & W. --
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Cabinet : \Cab"i*net\, a.
Suitable for a cabinet; small.
He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of
Goethe. --For. Quar.
Rev.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Cabinet : \Cab"i*net\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Cabineting.]
To inclose [R.] --Hewyt.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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CABINET. Certain officers who taken collectively make a board; as, the
president's, cabinet, which is usually composed of the secretary of state,
secretary of the treasury, the attorney general, and some others.
2. These officers are the advisers of the president.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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