CABINET


Meaning of CABINET in English

noun

1 ( usually the Cabinet ) in government

ADJECTIVE

▪ full ( BrE )

There was a meeting of the full Cabinet this afternoon.

▪ inner ( esp. BrE )

The inner Cabinet is to meet again today.

▪ shadow (= the most important members of the opposition party) ( BrE )

▪ war

VERB + CABINET

▪ appoint , choose , form , select

▪ reshuffle

The Prime Minister reshuffled (= changed) his Cabinet yesterday.

▪ enter ( esp. BrE ), join

▪ leave ( esp. BrE ), quit

▪ consult ( esp. BrE )

▪ persuade , urge (both esp. BrE )

CABINET + VERB

▪ meet

▪ discuss sth

CABINET + NOUN

▪ appointee ( AmE ), member , minister ( BrE ), secretary

▪ appointment ( AmE )

▪ meeting

▪ reshuffle

The affair led to a mid-term Cabinet reshuffle.

2 cupboard

ADJECTIVE

▪ glass

▪ maple , oak , wooden , etc. (all esp. AmE )

▪ bathroom , bedside , kitchen

▪ medicine

▪ china , curio ( AmE ), display , trophy

a glass china ~

▪ cocktail , drinks ( BrE ), liquor ( AmE )

▪ chill , chiller (both BrE )

▪ file ( AmE ), filing ( esp. BrE )

▪ storage

▪ locked

CABINET + NOUN

▪ door , drawer

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

Past reports are kept in the filing/file ~ in my office.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .