plural cabins
1
: a small, simple house made of wood
a cabin in the woods
a log cabin [=a cabin made of logs]
2
a
: a room that you can sleep in on a ship or boat
b
: the part of an airplane in which the passengers sit
Don't unbuckle your seat belt until the flight attendant says it is safe to move around the cabin.
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“Cabin.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/cabin. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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