Synonyms of cabnext
: an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to about two quarts (2.2 liters)

cab

2 of 5

noun (2)

1
a(1)
(2)
: a similar light closed carriage (such as a hansom)
b
: a carriage for hire
2
3
a
: the part of a locomotive that houses the engineer and operating controls
b
: a comparable shelter (as on a truck) housing operating controls

cab

3 of 5

verb

cabbed; cabbing

intransitive verb

: to travel in a cab
cabbed back to the hotel

cab

4 of 5

noun (3)

variants often Cab

CAB

5 of 5

abbreviation

Civil Aeronautics Board

Synonyms of cab

Examples of cab in a Sentence

Noun (2) called a cab to get back to the hotel
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Noun
Two controllers were working in the tower cab at the time, the top of the tower that looks out over the airfield, the NTSB confirmed on Tuesday. Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026 During a press conference on Tuesday, March 24, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy confirmed that the Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle, which carried two employees in the cab, did not have a transponder. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
The offices of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance had people of all ages on Wednesday night waiting for the end of the nightly Ramadan fast, from children sitting at tables doing math homework to cab drivers just getting off their shifts. Katherine Koretski, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026 The neighborhood/area The hotel’s stretch of A1A isn’t the most interesting so most guests opt to either keep to the property’s upscale amenities, cab it to South Beach (which is 15 minutes away), or go north to the chichi enclaves of Surfside and Bal Harbour for shopping and dining. Sara Liss, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cab

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Hebrew qabh

Noun (2)

short for cabriolet; (sense 3) probably short for cabin entry 1

Verb

derivative of cab entry 2

Noun (3)

by shortening

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1535, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Verb

1831, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

1974, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cab was in 1535

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“Cab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cab. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.

Kids Definition

cab

noun
ˈkab
1
a
: a light closed carriage (as a hansom)
b
: a carriage for hire
2
3
a
: the covered compartment for the engineer and the controls of a locomotive
b
: a similar compartment on a truck, tractor, or crane
Etymology

Noun

sense 1 from French cabriolet "a one-horse carriage"; sense 2 a shortened form of taxicab

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