cab·i·net

cab·i·net
/ˈkæbnıt/ noun, pl -nets [count]
1 : a piece of furniture that is used for storing things and usually has doors and shelves

a kitchen/medicine cabinet

— see also file cabinet
2 or Cabinet : a group of people who give advice to the leader of a government

the British cabinet

a member of the President's Cabinet

◇ In British English, cabinet in this sense is sometimes used with a plural verb.

The Cabinet are meeting now.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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