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
So, melamine pieces should definitely be in your cabinets.
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Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Apr. 2026
The primary bathroom includes dual vanities, a soaking tub, a custom stone and wood shower and two walk-in closets with glass display cabinets.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
Boxes with sun cards line the walls, wind-speed charts drawn on EKG paper fill the cabinets and computers store the spreadsheets where Douglas and Joly meticulously record temperature and humidity.
—Laura Martin Agudelo, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Vij notes that wooden cabinets offer a sense of warmth and coziness, as well as nostalgia, but there’s a practicality, too.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 29 Apr. 2026
Stripped down to the bones, the homeowner was more than ready to receive all-new cabinets and countertops — $23,000 worth of supplies.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Mason Jar Hanging Garden Mason jars are another household staple that most people already have tucked away in cabinets.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
The kitchen upstairs is sweet with cream cabinets and a breakfast banquet nook.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
In addition to serving its retail locations, Express Kitchens supplies cabinets for the country’s largest residential property developers such Toll Brothers and Winn Management, as well as Home Depot.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2025
Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Apr. 2026
The primary bathroom includes dual vanities, a soaking tub, a custom stone and wood shower and two walk-in closets with glass display cabinets.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
Boxes with sun cards line the walls, wind-speed charts drawn on EKG paper fill the cabinets and computers store the spreadsheets where Douglas and Joly meticulously record temperature and humidity.
—Laura Martin Agudelo, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Vij notes that wooden cabinets offer a sense of warmth and coziness, as well as nostalgia, but there’s a practicality, too.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 29 Apr. 2026
Stripped down to the bones, the homeowner was more than ready to receive all-new cabinets and countertops — $23,000 worth of supplies.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Mason Jar Hanging Garden Mason jars are another household staple that most people already have tucked away in cabinets.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
The kitchen upstairs is sweet with cream cabinets and a breakfast banquet nook.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
In addition to serving its retail locations, Express Kitchens supplies cabinets for the country’s largest residential property developers such Toll Brothers and Winn Management, as well as Home Depot.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cabinets
Noun
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Stand mixers with plastic bodies tend to be lighter-weight and easier to take in and out of cupboards.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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His tapes are stored by genre in dedicated cupboards with closing doors.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The lower level provides flexible additional space with custom storage and cedar closets.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
2 May 2026
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On the second floor is the primary bedrooms suite with two walk-in closets, one and a half bathrooms and a fireplace.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Padres players arrived in the visitor’s clubhouse at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú on Saturday to find brown T-shirts hanging in their lockers.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The roughly thirty-pound latex belly that Harbour wore to give Floyd extra heft is on full display in the show’s final episode, when Floyd and Clark strip down to their boxer briefs and dance by the pool lockers in a kind of tête-à-tête disco.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Cabinets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cabinets. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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