What does cabin mean?

Definitions for cabin
ˈkæb ɪncab·in

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cabinnoun

    small room on a ship or boat where people sleep

  2. cabinnoun

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

  3. cabinverb

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

  4. cabinverb

    confine to a small space, such as a cabin

Wiktionary

  1. cabinnoun

    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. cabinnoun

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

  3. cabinnoun

    A compartment on land, usually comprised of logs.

  4. cabinnoun

    A private room on a ship.

  5. cabinnoun

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

  6. cabinnoun

    The passenger area of an airplane.

  7. cabinnoun

    a signal box

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CABINnoun

    Etymology: cabane, Fr. chabin, Welch, a cottage.

    So long in secret cabin there he held
    Her captive to his sensual desire,
    Till that with timely fruit her belly swell’d,
    And bore a boy unto a savage sire. Fairy Queen, b. i. c. vi.

    Give thanks you have lived so long, and make yourself ready, in your cabin, for the mischance of the hour, if it so happen. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

    Men may not expect the use of many cabins, and safety at once, in the sea service. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

    The chessboard, we say, is in the same place it was, if it remain in the same part of the cabin, though, perhaps, the ship it is in, sails all the while. John Locke.

    Come from marble bow’rs, many times the gay harbour of anguish,
    Unto a silly cabin, though weak, yet stronger against woes. Philip Sidney, b. i.

    Neither should that odious custom be allowed, of flaying off the green surface of the ground, to cover their cabins, or make up their ditches. Jonathan Swift.

    Some of green boughs their slender cabins frame,
    Some lodged were Tortosa’s streets about. Edward Fairfax, b. i.

  2. To Cabinverb

    To confine in a cabin.

    Fleance is ’scap’d:
    Then comes my fit again; I had else been perfect;
    Whole as the marble, sounded as the rock;
    As broad and gen’ral as the casing air;
    But now I’m cabin’d, cribb’d, confin’d, bound in,
    To saucy doubts and fear. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

  3. To Cabinverb

    To live in a cabin.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    I’ll make you feed on berries and on roots,
    And feed on curds and whey, and suck the goat,
    And cabin in a cave. William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus.

ChatGPT

  1. cabin

    A cabin is a small, simple structure or shelter, typically constructed from wood and located in a wild or remote area. It is often used for lodging, serving as a place for people to rest, relax, or engage in recreational activities. Cabins can vary in size and features, and may include facilities for sleeping, cooking, and other living activities.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cabinnoun

    a cottage or small house; a hut

  2. Cabinnoun

    a small room; an inclosed place

  3. Cabinnoun

    a room in ship for officers or passengers

  4. Cabinverb

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

  5. Cabinverb

    to confine in, or as in, a cabin

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

Wikidata

  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

  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

  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

  1. cabin

    A specific space on an aircraft.

    The cabin was spacious.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 3, 2020  

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  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. Advocate General Priit Pikamae:

    A passenger biting other passengers and attacking the cabin crew trying to calm him down, resulting in the deviation of a Lisbon-Fortaleza flight to the nearest airport in order to disembark this passenger and his baggage, leading to a flight delay, falls under the concept of extraordinary circumstances.

  2. An Air Malta spokeswoman:

    He is a pilot and she is a member of the cabin crew, they were joined on the flight by family, friends and colleagues who had been at the wedding.

  3. Actor Liam Hemsworth:

    6. The smelly kid Some parents feel the need to use the entire plane as a diaper. Gross, but true : A child reportedly pooping on a plane seat on a Delta flight last year( the parents covered the seat with newspapers — how thoughtful). And it’s not unusual for babies to drop a( stink) bomb or two during the flight. ( If this emotional support pig can get kicked off a plane for crapping in the aisle, should little humans, too ?) 7. The chatty kid Chatty Cathy is generally one of the most annoying passengers on a flight but what if Cathy is six years old ? While adorable and curious, she’s probably the last person you want conversation with, because of course she continues to ask the same question in different ways. Or maybe she’s having a loud conversation with her doll. In fact, several years ago, a kid actually got kicked off a plane for being too chatty. According to the Associated Press, Kate Penland’s then 19-month-old son, Garren, started saying ‘ Bye, bye plane, ’ before takeoff — and would n’t stop. When the other passengers started complaining, Kate Penland got mad and eventually Kate Penland and Kate Penland son were asked to leave. That seems a little extreme. Maybe just give the kid a pack of pretzels( peanuts are too risky) and offer him a window seat. 8. The ultimate nightmare kid It’s fair to say no one wants to sit next to a kid who kicks your seat, complains, talks up a storm and manages to poop themselves all on one flight. But as they say in airline business, the sky’s the limit. Passengers who survive the ultimate nightmare child passenger deserve a medal. Actor Liam Hemsworth recently admitted on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that Actor Liam Hemsworth own three kids were those kids on a recent flight from London to Australia( a 30-hour trip). The Ellen DeGeneres Show was kind of like the trip from hell, they were all sick and literally took turns to scream. One would kinda do it and then look over and be like, ‘ I ’m done, you want a turn ? ’ ' Yep, Wahhhh ! ’ The whole cabin, yeah, wanted to kick us off … I don’t know what people expect though — you’re gon na put them in the suitcase or something ?

  4. Giorgos Parlantzas:

    I was sleeping in my cabin when they came to alert us. I grabbed my ID and headed for the deck where people were being assembled. It must have been about 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. And we were put onto boats.

  5. Carabinieri Lt. Col. Alberto Cicognani:

    In this way, the brake couldn’t function, and this brought about the fact that when the cable broke, the cabin fell backwards.

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