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cabin

Pronunciation: /ˈkabɪn/

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Definition of cabin

noun

  • 1a private room or compartment on a ship: she lay in her cabin on a steamer
  • the area for passengers in an aircraft: animals are not allowed in the cabin of the aircraft
  • 2a small wooden shelter or house in a wild or remote area: the cabin lay three miles into the reserve
  • 3Indian a cubicle or individual work space within a larger office.

verb (cabins, cabining, cabined)

[with object] (often as adjective cabined) dated
  • confine in a small place: figurativethe cabined and confined lives of the poor

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French cabane, from Provençal cabana, from late Latin capanna, cavanna

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Definition of cabin in the US English dictionary