Look up: Cabinet

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   Cabinet
   A box or curtained enclosure in which a physical medium is secured and from which various phenomena may manifest (e.g., lights, objects moving, instruments played). Certain stage magicians can simulate this procedure with great effect.
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   Cabinet
   A way of running local authorities based on the Westminster model of cabinet government. Up to 10 councillors are chosen to take on the day to day running of a local authority - they are either appointed by a directly elected mayor or elected by their fellow local politicians. All but the smallest councils have a cabinet.
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   Cabinet
   A box or curtained enclosure in which a physical medium is secured and from which various phenomena may manifest (e.g., lights, objects moving, instruments played). Certain stage magicians can simulate this procedure with great effect.
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   Cabinet
   The group of senior ministers at the head of the government.
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   [adj] - relating to or used in making cabinets 2. [adj] - relating to or being a member of a governmental cabinet 3. [n] - persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers 4. [n] - a storage compartment for clothes and valuables 5. [n] - housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television 6. [n] - a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers
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   cabinet
   In politics, the group of ministers holding a country's highest executive positions who decide government policy. In Britain the cabinet system originated under the Stuarts in the 17th century....
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   Cabinet
   a group of people appointed by a Prime Minister to hold the most important posts in government (in Britain they are MPs and appointed Ministers)
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   cabinet
   An upright, cupboardlike repository made of metal, wood or plastic for wall or floor mounting, frequently equipped with a frame, shelves and/or drawers. Used to house apparatus or equipment; 2.A protective housing for electrical or electronic equipment. Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • the housing for a radio receiver, television receiver, or other pie...
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   Cabinet
   Cabinets are made up of the most senior people in the Welsh Assembly. They are selected by the First Minister to be responsible for areas like, Health, Education, Environment etc.
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    cabinet
    A piece of furniture incorporating both drawer and cupboard space designed for the storage or display of small objects, especially precious ones. The word 'cabinet' - to the end of the 16thC exclusively and to a lesser extent to the early 16thC - referred to a small room in which precious articles and works of art were displayed. Towards the end of ...
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    Cabinet
    Cab'i·net (kăb'ĭ*nĕt) noun [ French, dim. of cabine or cabane . See Cabin , noun ] 1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [ Obsolete] « Hearken a while from thy green cabinet , The rural song of careful Colinet. Spenser. » 2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet. 3. A private ...
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    Cabinet
    Cab'i·net adjective Suitable for a cabinet; small. « He [ Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe. For. Quar. Rev. »
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    Cabinet
    Cab'i·net intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cabineted ; present participle & verbal noun Cabineting .] To inclose [ R.] Hewyt.
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    cabinet
    noun a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
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    noun persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
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    storage locker noun a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
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    cabinet
    noun housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
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    Cabinet
    A `cabinet` is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the `Council of Ministers`, an Executive Council or an Executive Committee. In some countries, particularly those under the Westminster system, the cabinet collectively decides the government's policy and tactical direction, especially in regard to legislation passed by the parliament. In countries wi...
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    Cabinet
    • (n.) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence: • (n.) A private room in which consultations are held. • (n.) Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself. • (n.) The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a n...
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    (from the article `book collecting`) There are at least as many types of book collectors as there are kinds of books. Traditional approaches tended to fall within three genres: the ... A collection such as these was normally known as a cabinet in 16th-century England and France, while in German-speaking Europe the equivalents Kammer ......
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    cabinet
    in political systems, a body of advisers to a chief of state who also serve as the heads of government departments. The cabinet has become an ... [11 related articles]
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    cabinet
    in furniture design, originally a small room for displaying precious objects and later a piece of furniture composed of a network of small drawers ... [4 related articles]
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    cabinet
    cabinet, group of advisers to the head of the state who themselves are usually the heads of the administrative government departments. The nature of the cabinet differs widely in various countries. In Great Britain, where the cabinet system originated, it was at first a committee of the privy counci...
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