Definitions for cabin
ˈkæb ɪncab·in

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. cabin(noun)

   small room on a ship or boat where people sleep

2. cabin(noun)

   a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area

3. cabin(verb)

   the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried

4. cabin(verb)

   confine to a small space, such as a cabin

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cabin(Noun)

   A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.

   Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin.

2. cabin(Noun)

   A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.

3. cabin(Noun)

   A compartment on land, usually comprised of logs.

4. cabin(Noun)

   A private room on a ship.

5. cabin(Noun)

   The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.

6. cabin(Noun)

   The passenger area of an airplane.

7. cabin(Noun)

   a signal box

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cabin(noun)

   a cottage or small house; a hut

2. Cabin(noun)

   a small room; an inclosed place

3. Cabin(noun)

   a room in ship for officers or passengers

4. Cabin(verb)

   to live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge

5. Cabin(verb)

   to confine in, or as in, a cabin

Origin: [OF. caban, fr. W. caban booth, cabin, dim. of cab cot, tent; or fr. F. cabane, cabine, LL. cabanna, perh. from the Celtic.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cabin

   A cabin or berthing is an enclosed space generally on a ship or an aircraft. A cabin which protrudes above the level of a ship's deck may be referred to as a "deckhouse."

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cabin

   kab′in, n. a hut or cottage: a small room, esp. in a ship, for officers or passengers—hence Cab′in-pass′enger, one paying for superior accommodation.—v.t. to shut up in a cabin.—v.i. to dwell in a cabin.—n. Cab′in-boy, a boy who waits on the officers or those who live in the cabin of a ship. [Fr. cabane—Low L. capanna.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cabin

   A room or compartment partitioned off in a ship, where the officers and passengers reside. In a man-of-war, the principal cabin, in which the captain or admiral lives, is the upper after-part of the vessel.

Editors Contribution(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. cabin

   Cabin (noun) is a tiny room for the passengers.

   Cabin is like a compartment of a vehicle.

   Submitted by pinkss5 on September 16, 2015  

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1. cabin

   The cabin symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the cabin symbol and its characteristic.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cabin' in Nouns Frequency: #2559

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cabin in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cabin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of cabin in a Sentence

1. Tyson Steele:

   Everything that I owned was consolidated in that cabin.

2. Air India:

   In-flight cabin crew spotted the bomb threat in the aircraft after landing.

3. Captain Ed Wilson:

   We were amazed at how quiet the cabin was, i took a walk mid-flight through the cabin and was impressed.

4. Tom Zegan:

   I owned a mountain cabin once that had hot and cold running water . . . hot in the summer and cold in the winter.

5. Tim Krepp:

   We have cabin fever, we get tired of getting pushed around and people told you can’t do… you have to draw the line and say no.

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