Cabinet /(kăb"ĭ*nĕt)/

Cab·i·net

Cabinet

n.
  1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.]
    Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet.
  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.
  4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.
  5. A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:
  6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.

Phrases & Compounds
Cabinet council
Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title).
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.

Cabinet

a.
  1. Suitable for a cabinet; small.
    He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe.
    — For. Quar. Rev.

Cabinet

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabineting

  1. To inclose [R.]