Cabinet
noun
A piece of furniture with shelves and doors, used to store or display items.
He stored all his dishes in the kitchen cabinet.
Often appears as...
- kitchen cabinet
- bathroom cabinet
noun
A group of high rank government officials, usually heading different departments or ministries.
The cabinet meets regularly to discuss national issues.
Often appears as...
- cabinet minister
- cabinet meeting
noun
A small private room or booth for a group to meet or eat in.
The restaurant has a cabinet for customers preferring private dining.
Often appears as...
- dining cabinet
- private cabinet
noun
A box-shaped piece of equipment for a specific use, often made of wood or metal.
He keeps his old records in a cabinet player.
Often appears as...
- speaker cabinet
- file cabinet
noun
A piece of furniture with shelves and doors, used to store or display items.
He stored all his dishes in the kitchen cabinet.
Often appears as...
- kitchen cabinet
- bathroom cabinet
noun
A group of high rank government officials, usually heading different departments or ministries.
The cabinet meets regularly to discuss national issues.
Often appears as...
- cabinet minister
- cabinet meeting
noun
A small private room or booth for a group to meet or eat in.
The restaurant has a cabinet for customers preferring private dining.
Often appears as...
- dining cabinet
- private cabinet
noun
A box-shaped piece of equipment for a specific use, often made of wood or metal.
He keeps his old records in a cabinet player.
Often appears as...
- speaker cabinet
- file cabinet
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Furniture Context
Use 'cabinet' when describing furniture for storage in homes and offices.
She organized her documents in a filing cabinet.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility of Contents
'Cabinet' suggests storage where contents are not visible, unlike 'shelves'.
He hid the gifts inside the cabinet.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Wooden
While often made of wood, cabinets can be metal, glass, or other materials.
The metal cabinet in the garage stores all our tools.
Pro Tip 1/3Furniture Context
Use 'cabinet' when describing furniture for storage in homes and offices.
She organized her documents in a filing cabinet.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility of Contents
'Cabinet' suggests storage where contents are not visible, unlike 'shelves'.
He hid the gifts inside the cabinet.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Wooden
While often made of wood, cabinets can be metal, glass, or other materials.
The metal cabinet in the garage stores all our tools.
Pro Tip 1/3Furniture Context
Use 'cabinet' when describing furniture for storage in homes and offices.
She organized her documents in a filing cabinet.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility of Contents
'Cabinet' suggests storage where contents are not visible, unlike 'shelves'.
He hid the gifts inside the cabinet.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Wooden
While often made of wood, cabinets can be metal, glass, or other materials.
The metal cabinet in the garage stores all our tools.
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Life lessons from a...
puppets you know they wanted the best but I just grabbed anything I had I found this fabric and then I used a book like the cover of a book to make the mouse and these were handles on my parents cabinets and I just painted them white and then like a friend of mine was doing a play he needed a floury so can you make a flower and I said yeah sure I
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The greatest TED Talk...
go any time I open up my medicine cabinet you will see ban deodorant well any time do an interview with someone I could say are you are you fresh enough for this interview are you are you ready look a little nervous I want to help you calm down so maybe you should maybe you should put some on for the interview this little offer you
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The pharmacy of the...
of pill cutters and fax machines, to an era where we could have better outcomes, lower costs, saving lives and space in your medicine cabinet? Well, I think part of the solution is all the emerging ways that we can measure and connect our health care information. Today, we pretty much live in a reactive, sick-care world,
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Space Toilet PIPE Known...
pretty snug to its customer in order to suck away the liquid waste to a separate tank suction is the key it sounds like suction is very very important making sure that the material gets taken away and into the commode and doesn't create a problem in the cabinet so one thing that helps us is our checklist why don't
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Learning from past...
celebrated rivals and then when he won the general election he stunned the nation even more by appointing each of these three rivals into his cabinet it was an unprecedented act at the time because everybody thought he look like a figurehead compared to these people they said why are you doing this Lincoln he
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Heather Brooke: My...
and the people were helpless and hopeless naughty children. If any of the more rowdier children questioned the authority of the parents, they were scolded. If they went exploring into the parents' rooms, or even into the secret filing cabinets, they were punished,
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He Spent His Career...
want to be in the world what actions we want to undertake to care for the environments in which we live and for me this story absolutely brings all of those together most people think we know that preserved specimens are locked in the cabinet and
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Why do we have museums?...
human skeletons, ancient runic texts, and artifacts from the New World. In other curiosity cabinets, you could find genetic anomalies, precious stones, works of art, and religious and historic relics.
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An urgent call to...
He held his cabinet meeting underwater. He literally took his ministers scuba diving, as it were, to warn the world that his country could drown unless we control global warming.
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A Boat Made From Plastic...
on why plastic bolts should be banned one day the cabinet secretary tweeted back she supported my campaign two years later she banned plastic pots we had to
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Life lessons from a...
puppets you know they wanted the best but I just grabbed anything I had I found this fabric and then I used a book like the cover of a book to make the mouse and these were handles on my parents cabinets and I just painted them white and then like a friend of mine was doing a play he needed a floury so can you make a flower and I said yeah sure I
Video examples
The greatest TED Talk...
go any time I open up my medicine cabinet you will see ban deodorant well any time do an interview with someone I could say are you are you fresh enough for this interview are you are you ready look a little nervous I want to help you calm down so maybe you should maybe you should put some on for the interview this little offer you
Video examples
The pharmacy of the...
of pill cutters and fax machines, to an era where we could have better outcomes, lower costs, saving lives and space in your medicine cabinet? Well, I think part of the solution is all the emerging ways that we can measure and connect our health care information. Today, we pretty much live in a reactive, sick-care world,
Video examples
Space Toilet PIPE Known...
pretty snug to its customer in order to suck away the liquid waste to a separate tank suction is the key it sounds like suction is very very important making sure that the material gets taken away and into the commode and doesn't create a problem in the cabinet so one thing that helps us is our checklist why don't
Video examples
Learning from past...
celebrated rivals and then when he won the general election he stunned the nation even more by appointing each of these three rivals into his cabinet it was an unprecedented act at the time because everybody thought he look like a figurehead compared to these people they said why are you doing this Lincoln he
Video examples
Heather Brooke: My...
and the people were helpless and hopeless naughty children. If any of the more rowdier children questioned the authority of the parents, they were scolded. If they went exploring into the parents' rooms, or even into the secret filing cabinets, they were punished,
Video examples
He Spent His Career...
want to be in the world what actions we want to undertake to care for the environments in which we live and for me this story absolutely brings all of those together most people think we know that preserved specimens are locked in the cabinet and
Video examples
Why do we have museums?...
human skeletons, ancient runic texts, and artifacts from the New World. In other curiosity cabinets, you could find genetic anomalies, precious stones, works of art, and religious and historic relics.
Video examples
An urgent call to...
He held his cabinet meeting underwater. He literally took his ministers scuba diving, as it were, to warn the world that his country could drown unless we control global warming.
Video examples
A Boat Made From Plastic...
on why plastic bolts should be banned one day the cabinet secretary tweeted back she supported my campaign two years later she banned plastic pots we had to
Example 1 of 10
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Hilda Solis
American Politician
I think President Obama wanted to have the right fit for his different cabinet positions, and I believe that experience is what mattered most to him. In my case, I have been working to improve the overall quality of life for working families for most of my adult life, and I think that experience resonated with the president.
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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Politician
I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.
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Tim Vine
British Comedian
Now, most dentist's chairs go up and down, don't they? The one I was in went back and forwards. I thought 'This is unusual'. And the dentist said to me 'Mr Vine, get out of the filing cabinet.
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Julian Castro
American Politician
I started when I was 39 as a cabinet secretary, and so I feel like I have lived an experience in my life where I can relate to families that struggle, and are scraping by and scrounging.
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Khloe Kardashian
American Entertainer
I absolutely adore baking with my nieces and nephews. It's super fun, and I love baking by myself, so what I like to do is have a cabinet for my baking essentials.
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Nicola Sturgeon
Scottish Politician
I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in the developed world.
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Akhenaton
Egyptian Statesman
The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee.
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Daisy Berkowitz
American Musician
It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.
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Adrian Lewis
English Athlete
Perhaps I should just motivate myself by buying trophy cabinets - so I have to fill them.
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Pepe Reina
Spanish Athlete
Trophies stay in the cabinet gathering dust, but friends are for life.
Quote examples
Hilda Solis
American Politician
I think President Obama wanted to have the right fit for his different cabinet positions, and I believe that experience is what mattered most to him. In my case, I have been working to improve the overall quality of life for working families for most of my adult life, and I think that experience resonated with the president.
Quote examples
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Politician
I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.
Quote examples
Tim Vine
British Comedian
Now, most dentist's chairs go up and down, don't they? The one I was in went back and forwards. I thought 'This is unusual'. And the dentist said to me 'Mr Vine, get out of the filing cabinet.
Quote examples
Julian Castro
American Politician
I started when I was 39 as a cabinet secretary, and so I feel like I have lived an experience in my life where I can relate to families that struggle, and are scraping by and scrounging.
Quote examples
Khloe Kardashian
American Entertainer
I absolutely adore baking with my nieces and nephews. It's super fun, and I love baking by myself, so what I like to do is have a cabinet for my baking essentials.
Quote examples
Nicola Sturgeon
Scottish Politician
I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in the developed world.
Quote examples
Akhenaton
Egyptian Statesman
The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee.
Quote examples
Daisy Berkowitz
American Musician
It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.
Quote examples
Adrian Lewis
English Athlete
Perhaps I should just motivate myself by buying trophy cabinets - so I have to fill them.
Quote examples
Pepe Reina
Spanish Athlete
Trophies stay in the cabinet gathering dust, but friends are for life.
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