as in cupboard
a storage case typically having doors and shelves
the most precious knickknacks were kept in a cabinet with glass doors
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Recent Examples of cabinet
That small accomplishment alone, which isn’t actually so small, always serves to better my headspace when too busy with other things to fully deep-clean every surface, bathroom, and cluttered cabinet.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025
Overhead tracks and cabinets can provide additional space.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
Get crafty with hardware Never forget the hardware on your cabinets.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2025
The life-sized automaton was positioned before a wooden cabinet about a meter in width.
—Betsy Golden Kellem, JSTOR Daily, 30 July 2025
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025
Overhead tracks and cabinets can provide additional space.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
Get crafty with hardware Never forget the hardware on your cabinets.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2025
The life-sized automaton was positioned before a wooden cabinet about a meter in width.
—Betsy Golden Kellem, JSTOR Daily, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cabinet
Noun
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That summer all the children except Timothy and Maud were banished to the east wing, to a flat with kitchen cupboards stocked with tins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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Every inch of the space, from the organic mattresses to the cupboards stocked with homemade snacks and a selection of herbal teas, anticipates the needs of the guests.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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August is an ideal time to take inventory of your closet and figure out which pieces are missing in order to transition into the next season.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Take a look through your shoe closet before buying new containers for your potted plants.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But there is plenty that states can do, such as requiring more thorough background checks, instating a thirty-day waiting period, banning assault weapons, taxing the sale of firearms and ammunition, promoting gun storage in lockers, and prohibiting open carry.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Evidence that once sat dormant in an evidence locker now has the power to speak.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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These dressers fail to meet STURDY Act safety standards.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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The sale also includes an adjustable standing desk for work-from-home employees and a dresser with lots of storage space.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 July 2025
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“Cabinet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cabinet. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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