cabinet
Enclosed shelving unit
A cabinet is a piece of furniture with shelves or drawers, typically enclosed by doors, used for storage or display: a kitchen cabinet, a medicine cabinet, a filing cabinet.
The word extends to any box-like enclosure housing equipment: a speaker cabinet.
Cabinet also refers to a body of senior government advisors, typically department heads who meet with a chief executive: The president met with her cabinet.
This governmental sense derives from the private room where such meetings historically occurred. (Capitalized Cabinet emphasizes the formal governmental body.)
Tall freestanding clothes cabinet
- wardrobeGarment storage furniture
- hutchCage for small pets
- credenzaStorage cabinet for serving
- sideboardFurniture for dishes and linens
buffet · curio · chiffonier · vitrine · breakfront · highboy · lowboy · display case
Religious leader or serve
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- portfolioCollected works or assets
reshuffle · appointee · advisor · inner circle · council · chancellor · premier · administration
armoire
Tall freestanding clothes cabinet
sideboard · buffet · curio · chiffonier · vitrine · breakfront · highboy · lowboy · display case · cupboard
minister
Religious leader or serve
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
portfolio · reshuffle · appointee · advisor · inner circle · council · chancellor · premier · administration · executive
shelf
Horizontal storage surface
- drawerSliding furniture compartment
- compartmentEnclosed subdivision of space
- doorHinged room barrier
hinge · knob · handle · latch · lock · key · organizer · insert · divider · liner
carpentry
Wood construction trade
mortise · tenon · plywood · hardwood · laminate · MDF · particleboard · wood grain · stain · varnish
- furniturebed, beds, chair, chairs, table
- things you can paintportrait, mural, landscape, still life, canvas
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- cabinetsarmoire, buffet, credenza, hutch, sideboard
- executive branchexecutive branch, Oval Office, executive power, executive orders, executive order
- garage itemsworkbench, car, shelving, tool chest, toolbox
cabinetparliament
National legislative assembly
legislature · general assembly · direct democracy · electorate · citizenry
cabinetdisplay case
Enclosed viewing cabinet
vitrine · showcase · gallery wall · pedestal · glass case
- cabin feverDistress from extended confinement
- log cabinDwelling of stacked timbers
- medicine cabinetSmall bathroom storage for remedies
- filing cabinetFurniture for organized papers
- kitchen cabinetBuilt-in cooking-area storage
- file cabinetFurniture for storing documents
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