Results for cabinet
Definitions of cabinet:
part of speech: adjective
Secret; small; as, a cabinet organ; of or pertaining to the advisory council of the chief executive of a nation.
part of speech: noun
A small apartment; a private room; a plece of furniture to hold objects of art, curiosity, etc.; a committee of the heads of governmental departments.
part of speech: adjective
Confidential: secret: private. In accordance with this sense the term cabinet council was long, in general use before it became specifically applied in politics.
part of speech: noun
A small private room or closet; the secret council of a sovereign; the executive government of a country, so called because originally held in a small room or cabinet; a piece of furniture containing boxes and drawers.
part of speech: noun
A small room or closet: a case of drawers for articles of value: a private room for consultation- hence THE CABINET, the advisers of the President.
Usage examples for cabinet:
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" But I have been thinking," said Lucy, " that it is all Rollo's plan, and his museum; and that he ought to be cabinet keeper, if he wants to be."
"Rollo's Museum", Jacob Abbott -
That called the " Cabinet is the best.
"The Automobilist Abroad", M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield -
The cabinet minister said little.
"The Marriage of William Ashe", Mrs. Humphry Ward