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noun

cabinet

CEFR B2

a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display

In a sentence

Six example sentences with cabinet, each labelled with its topic.

  • She kept the spices in a narrow cabinet beside the stove, alphabetized so nobody wasted time hunting for cumin.

    Cooking

  • The kitchen plan tucked one tall cabinet into the chimney recess, using space that would otherwise sit empty.

    Architecture

  • A walnut cabinet from Antwerp held forty small compartments, each holding a shell or coin the merchant had collected.

    Art

  • The clinic keeps its controlled drugs in a locked steel cabinet, and two nurses must sign each time it opens.

    Medicine

  • The museum's insect collection fills a tall cabinet of shallow drawers, each pinned specimen labeled in faded brown ink.

    Science

  • Her grandfather's record cabinet had a hinged lid and slots for two hundred albums arranged by year of release.

    Music

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