English▸ noun
1 a cupboard with shelves or drawers for storing or displaying articles:
we studied the items laid out in a glass cabinet
a cocktail 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:
the change in policy is being implemented by the cabinet
the plan was approved by the Cabinet on Monday
[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.