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Cabin

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Noun

1. cabin

small room on a ship or boat where people sleep

2. cabin

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

3. cabin

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

Verb

4. cabin

confine to a small space, such as a cabin

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cabin

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noun
1. 
a small simple dwelling; hut
2. 
a simple house providing accommodation for travellers or holiday-makers at a motel or holiday camp
3. 
a room used as an office or living quarters in a ship
4. 
a covered compartment used for shelter or living quarters in a small boat
5. 
(in a warship) the compartment or room reserved for the commanding officer
6. British another name for signal box
7. 
a. 
the enclosed part of a light aircraft in which the pilot and passengers sit
b. 
the part of an airliner in which the passengers are carried
c. 
the section of an aircraft used for cargo
verb
8. 
to confine in a small space

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Cabin

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noun
1. 
a small, one-story house built simply or crudely, as of logs
2.  US
any simple, small structure designed for a brief stay, as for overnight
tourist cabins
3. 
a private room on a ship, as a bedroom or office
4. 
a roofed section of a small boat, as a pleasure cruiser, for the passengers or crew
5. 
the enclosed section of an aircraft, where the passengers sit; also, the section housing the crew or used for cargo
verb transitive
6. 
to confine in or as in a cabin; cramp

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cabin

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n.
1. A small, roughly built house or shelter.
2. Nautical
a. A room in a ship used as living quarters by an officer or passenger.
b. An enclosed compartment in a boat that serves as a shelter or as living quarters.
3. The enclosed space in an aircraft or spacecraft for the crew, passengers, or cargo.
tr. & intr.v. cab·ined, cab·in·ing, cab·ins
To confine or live in or as if in a small space or area.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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