cab´less

cab´less
cab1 «kab», noun, verb, cabbed, cab|bing.
–n.
1. an automobile that can be hired with driver; taxicab: »

My father telephoned for a cab to take him to the airport.

2. a) a carriage that can be hired with driver, usually pulled by one horse: »

We rode through the park in an open cab.

b) a hansom (cab).
3. the covered part of a railroad engine where the engineer and fireman sit: »

The engineer invited the boy to sit in the cab with him.

4. an enclosed seat on a truck, tractor, or other vehicle or machinery, where the driver or operator sits.
5. the glass-enclosed booth of a control tower at an airport.
–v.i.
to go by cab.
╂[short for cabriolet]
–cab´less, adjective.
cab2 «kab», noun.
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, equal to about 2 quarts. Also, kab.
╂[< Hebrew qab]
cab3 «kab», verb, cabbed, cab|bing, noun. British Slang.
–v.t.
1. to pilfer.
2. to crib.
–n.
a literal translation, or crib.
╂[short for cabbage2]
CAB (no periods) or C.A.B.,
Civil Aeronautics Board.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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