cabinet

cabinet
n.
case
cupboard

1) a built-in; china; file, filing; kitchen cabinet

body of advisors

2) the president's cabinet

3) a coalition; kitchen ('informal') cabinet

4) a shadow cabinet ('members of the opposition party who will form the next cabinet')

5) (misc.) a cabinet minister (not US); a cabinet reshuffle

cabinet meeting

(BE)

6) to hold a cabinet

7) in cabinet (to take a decision in cabinet)

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['kæb(ɪ)nɪt]
a cabinet reshuffle
kitchen cabinet
['body of advisors'] the president's cabinet
['cabinet meeting'] (BE) to hold a cabinet
['case'] ['cupboard'] a built-in
a coalition
a shadow cabinet ('members of the opposition party who will form the next cabinet')
(misc.) a cabinet minister (not US)
in cabinet (to take a decision)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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