Definition of Cabinet

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Cabinet

A hut; a cottage; a small house.

A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.

A private room in which consultations are held.

The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:

A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an etagere or closed with doors. See Etagere.

Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.

Suitable for a cabinet; small.

To inclose

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Cabinet Quotations

I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
Ronald Reagan

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.
Ronald Reagan

True, some land was bought by a few Cabinet Ministers. They bought the land. No minister, to my knowledge acquired land which was meant for resettlement.
Robert Mugabe

I am accordingly ready; I have pressed as many Cabinet papers into trunks as to fill one carriage; our private property must be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation.
Dolley Madison

Now, most dentist's chairs go up and down, don't they? The one I was in went back and forwards. I thought 'This is unusual'. And the dentist said to me 'Mr Vine, get out of the filing cabinet.
Tim Vine

See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented.
Donald Rumsfeld

The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet.
Anthony J. D'Angelo

On October 18, 1941, I suddenly received a mandate from His Majesty to form a new cabinet. This was completely unexpected, and when I was summoned to the Imperial Palace I thought I would be questioned on the army's point of view.
Hideki Tojo

If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week.
Moshe Dayan

Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.
Pat Robertson

Cabinet Translations

cabinet in Afrikaans is kas, kabinet
cabinet in Danish is skab
cabinet in Finnish is kaappi
cabinet in French is armoire
cabinet in Italian is armadio
cabinet in Spanish is armario, gabinete

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