cabinet - definition of cabinet by The Free Dictionary

n

1. (Furniture)

a. a piece of furniture containing shelves, cupboards, or drawers for storage or display

b. (as modifier): cabinet teak.

2. (Furniture) the outer case of a television, radio, etc

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)

a. (often capital) the executive and policy-making body of a country, consisting of all government ministers or just the senior ministers

b. (sometimes capital) an advisory council to a president, sovereign, governor, etc

c. (as modifier): a cabinet reshuffle; a cabinet minister.

4. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding)

a. a standard size of paper, 6 × 4 inches (15 × 10 cm) or 6 × 4 inches (16.5 × 10.5 cm), for mounted photographs

b. (as modifier): a cabinet photograph.

5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing an enclosed rack for holding cases of type, etc

6. a private room

7. (modifier) suitable in size, value, decoration, etc, for a display cabinet: a cabinet edition of Shakespeare.

8. (Surveying) (modifier) (of a drawing or projection of a three-dimensional object) constructed with true horizontal and vertical representation of scale but with oblique distances reduced to about half scale to avoid the appearance of distortion

9. (Brewing) (modifier) (of a wine) specially selected and usually rare

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