as in cupboards
a storage case typically having doors and shelves
the most precious knickknacks were kept in a cabinet with glass doors
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Recent Examples of cabinets
If your kitchen is looking cluttered from a long winter of cooking comfort meals and baking over the holidays, the best way to prepare it for a spring deep clean is by tackling clutter in cabinets, on counters, and on pantry shelves to organize every surface.
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Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
Regularly clean cabinets and storage areas to remove greasy residue that traps odors.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 20 Feb. 2026
There are cabinets filled with buttons, trays of trimmings, bolts of old fabric rescued from defunct fashion houses.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Upper cabinets are traditionally set 12 inches from the wall, which can make a kitchen feel almost a foot smaller.
—Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
Barefoot also simplifies the kitchen, deleting the dual-burner stove to shorten the main block, which now houses just the Dometic bowl sink piped to fresh and waste water tanks, an open worktop, and under-counter drawers and cabinets.
—New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026
The posts included more than a dozen images that showed bruises and other wounds on her body, holes in the wall and broken cabinets.
—Jane Harper, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
The curio cabinets are empty of their curiosities.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
These titles are dreaming up ways to bring people together (looking at you, Everyone Hot Pot), inspiring us to refresh our spice cabinets (The Diaspora Co.
—The Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
Regularly clean cabinets and storage areas to remove greasy residue that traps odors.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 20 Feb. 2026
There are cabinets filled with buttons, trays of trimmings, bolts of old fabric rescued from defunct fashion houses.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Upper cabinets are traditionally set 12 inches from the wall, which can make a kitchen feel almost a foot smaller.
—Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
Barefoot also simplifies the kitchen, deleting the dual-burner stove to shorten the main block, which now houses just the Dometic bowl sink piped to fresh and waste water tanks, an open worktop, and under-counter drawers and cabinets.
—New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026
The posts included more than a dozen images that showed bruises and other wounds on her body, holes in the wall and broken cabinets.
—Jane Harper, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
The curio cabinets are empty of their curiosities.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
These titles are dreaming up ways to bring people together (looking at you, Everyone Hot Pot), inspiring us to refresh our spice cabinets (The Diaspora Co.
—The Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cabinets
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From clean cupboards that keep your cooking on track to clutter-free closets that make getting dressed a breeze, having less stuff makes the everyday easier, and who wouldn't want that?—
Maggie Gillette,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Feb. 2026
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Combine these two impulses by looking into home projects, like tidying your kitchen cupboards or even repainting an entire room.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
10 Feb. 2026
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With the largest room sizes in Osaka, even regular rooms feel like junior suites with separate living areas, large walk-in closets, and, best of all, floor-to-ceiling windows with dazzling views of the city and the river.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Group Seasonal Decorations Take advantage of rods in any closets used for storage in your home.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
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Mussman said districts could use free or lower-cost alternatives, including keeping phones in schools’ existing lockers.—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Some of that is due to sheer proximity since their lockers are all in the same row, but much of it is the 34-year-old Manaea’s easygoing nature and willingness to share his experiences with other pitchers.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Cabinets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cabinets. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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