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cabinet

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cabinet /ˈkab(ə)nət, ˈkæb(ə)nət /
noun
1 a cupboard with shelves or drawers for storing or displaying articles:
a medicine cabinet.
a wooden box or piece of furniture housing a radio, television set, or speaker.
2 (also Cabinet) (in the UK, Canada, and other Commonwealth countries) the committee of senior ministers responsible for controlling government policy:
[as modifier] a cabinet meeting.
(in the US) a body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government:
[as modifier] a cabinet meeting.
3 archaic a small private room.
– ORIGIN mid 16th century : from cabin + -et1, influenced by French cabinet.
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