kitchen cabinets

Kitchen cabinets are the built-in storage units, typically with doors and shelves, installed along the walls of a kitchen to hold dishes, food, cookware, and supplies.

They come in upper cabinets mounted on walls and lower cabinets beneath countertops.

The phrase also has a political meaning: a kitchen cabinet is an unofficial group of advisers to a political leader, suggesting private counsel given informally rather than through official channels.

The president relied heavily on his kitchen cabinet during the crisis.