cabin

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noun

cab·​in ˈka-bən How to pronounce cabin (audio)
1
a(1)
: a private room on a ship or boat
(2)
: a compartment below deck on a boat used for living accommodations
b
: the passenger or cargo compartment of a vehicle (such as an airplane or automobile)
c
: the crew compartment of an exploratory vehicle (such as a spacecraft)
2
: a small one-story dwelling usually of simple construction
3
chiefly British : cab sense 3

cabin

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verb

cabined; cabining; cabins

intransitive verb

: to live in or as if in a cabin

transitive verb

: confine, restrain
significantly cabins the discretion of administratorsA. M. Dershowitz

Examples of cabin in a Sentence

Noun a cabin in the woods Don't unbuckle your seat belt until the flight attendant says it is safe to move around the cabin.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Gaunt and weakened by cancer at 42, his father reached for the buttons on Kerr’s shirt, fiddled with them and said something about getting ready to catch the plane to their cabin in the woods. Phoebe Zerwick, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024 Campsites range from rustic to modern full-hookup and even lodges and cabins. Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024 There were 263 passengers and nine flight and cabin crew members on the flight, which landed safely at the New Zealand airport at 4:26 p.m. local time. Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024 In a more serious vein related to privacy and travel, a Royal Caribbean cruise worker was arrested earlier this month in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after allegedly hiding cameras inside bathrooms of passenger cabins to spy on guests. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2024 The cabin, which dates to 1789 according to marketing materials, stands apart from the house. Mark David, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2024 Then, hit one of the hiking or biking trails right from your cabin or tent door. Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2024 Because wheelchairs do not fit into aircraft cabins, people who use wheelchairs are lifted onto a special onboard wheelchair known as an aisle chair – and then lifted again into their seats. Gregory Wallace, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024 The airline provides free Wi-Fi, live TV, and premium snacks to passengers in the economy cabin. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2024
Verb
Phantom Ranch cabins prices A cabin for two people at Phantom Ranch costs $213.50 plus tax per night. Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024 This is part of a series of cases where the Supreme Court has basically cabined the ability of a president to act unilaterally. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 July 2023 From pilots’ flying time to cabin pressure, from safety inspections to public reporting of data, regulators have stayed on the airlines beat. Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2022 The Court tried to cabin criminal liability under the law in Skilling, but now prosecutors want to expand it again. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022 Approaching parents and children with kindness, and escalating the matter to cabin crew only as a last resort is usually the best approach. Bobby Laurie, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2022 Other, more furtive radiations get swallowed up by the energetic noise-canceling audioware, which uses data from wheel sensors and cabin microphones to identify and produce the nulling frequencies. Dan Neil, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022 Should cabin crew wear full protective clothing, such as body suits and face shields? Angus Whitley, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2021 Over 500 members of British staff applied to take part, 125 appear, from Helen Wetton, a captain on the British Airways 777 fleet to cabin crew and baggage handlers, all showing them making their way back to work. Sarah Turner, Forbes, 6 May 2021

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English cabane, from Middle French, from Old Occitan cabana hut, from Medieval Latin capanna

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Verb

1586, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of cabin was in the 14th century

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Cite this Entry

“Cabin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabin. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

cabin

noun
cab·​in
ˈkab-ən
1
a
: a small private room on a ship
b
: a compartment below deck on a small boat for passengers or crew
c
: a compartment (as in an airplane, airship, or spacecraft) for cargo, crew, or passengers
2
: a small simple dwelling usually having only one story

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