1. [n]  a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
2. [n]  housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
3. [n]  a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
4. [n]  persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
5. [adj]  relating to or being a member of a governmental cabinet; "cabinet matters"; "a cabinet minister"
6. [adj]  relating to or used in making cabinets; "cabinet wood"

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1. \Cab"i*net\ (k[a^]b"[i^]*n[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of cabine
   or cabane. See {Cabin}, n.]
   1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.]
            Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural
            song of careful Colinet.              --Spenser.
   2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.
   3. A private room in which consultations are held.
            Philip passed some hours every day in his father's
            cabinet.                              --Prescott.
   4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a
      nation; a cabinet council.
   Note: In England, the cabinet or cabinet council consists of
         those privy councilors who actually transact the
         immediate business of the government. --Mozley & W. --
         In the United States, the cabinet is composed of the
         heads of the executive departments of the government,
         namely, the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of
         War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of Agiculture,
         the Postmaster-general, and the Attorney-general.
   5.
      (a) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain
          articles of value. Hence:
      (b) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an
          ['e]tag[`e]re or closed with doors. See
          {['E]tag[`e]re}.
   6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and
      exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection
      itself.
   {Cabinet council}.
      (a) Same as {Cabinet}, n., 4 (of which body it was
          formerly the full title).
      (b) A meeting of the cabinet.
   {Cabinet councilor}, a member of a cabinet council.
   {Cabinet photograph}, a photograph of a size smaller than an
      imperial, though larger than a {carte de visite}.
   {Cabinet picture}, a small and generally highly finished
      picture, suitable for a small room and for close
      inspection.
   

2. \Cab"i*net\, a.
   Suitable for a cabinet; small.
         He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of
         Goethe.                                  --For. Quar.
                                                  Rev.
   

3. \Cab"i*net\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Cabineting}.]
   To inclose [R.] --Hewyt.