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cab·in
(kăb′ĭn)n.
1. A small, roughly built house or shelter.
2. Nautical
a. A room in a ship used as living quarters by an officer or passenger.
b. An enclosed compartment in a boat that serves as a shelter or as living quarters.
3. The enclosed space in an aircraft or spacecraft for the crew, passengers, or cargo.
tr. & intr.v. cab·ined, cab·in·ing, cab·ins
To confine or live in or as if in a small space or area.
[Middle English caban, from Old French cabane, from Old Provençal cabana, from Late Latin capanna.]
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cabin
(ˈkæbɪn)n
1. a small simple dwelling; hut
2. a simple house providing accommodation for travellers or holiday-makers at a motel or holiday camp
3. (Nautical Terms) a room used as an office or living quarters in a ship
4. (Nautical Terms) a covered compartment used for shelter or living quarters in a small boat
5. (Nautical Terms) (in a warship) the compartment or room reserved for the commanding officer
6. (Railways) Brit another name for signal box
7. (Aeronautics)
a. the enclosed part of a light aircraft in which the pilot and passengers sit
b. the part of an airliner in which the passengers are carried
c. the section of an aircraft used for cargo
vb
to confine in a small space
[C14: from Old French cabane, from Old Provençal cabana, from Late Latin capanna hut]
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cab•in
(ˈkæb ɪn)n.
1. a small house or cottage, usu. of simple design and construction: a log cabin.
2. an enclosed space for more or less temporary occupancy, as the living quarters in a trailer or the passenger space in a cable car.
3. the enclosed space for the pilot, cargo, or esp. passengers in an air or space vehicle.
4. an apartment or room in a ship, as for passengers.
5. cabin class.
adv. 6. in cabin-class accommodations: to travel cabin.
v.i. 7. to live in a cabin.
v.t. 8. to confine.
[1325–75; Middle English cabane < Middle French < Old Provençal cabana < Late Latin capanna]
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cabin
Past participle: cabined
Gerund: cabining
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| Noun | 1. |  cabin - small room on a ship or boat where people sleepcompartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area ocean liner, liner - a large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule) overhead - (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship stateroom - a guest cabin |
| 2. | cabin - a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" log cabin - a cabin built with logs | |
| 3. | cabin - the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried aircraft - a vehicle that can fly compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area pressure cabin - cabin consisting of the pressurized section of an aircraft or spacecraft ballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft - a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun | |
| Verb | 1. | cabin - confine to a small space, such as a cabin confine - prevent from leaving or from being removed |
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cabin
noun
1. room, berth, quarters, compartment, deckhouse The steward showed her to a small cabin.
2. compartment, section, carriage the first-class cabin of a jumbo jet
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Translations
قُمْرَه، غُرْفَه في سَفينَهكَابِينَةكوخمَقْصورَه في طَيّارَه
kabinakajutasrubchata
kabinekahythytte
hytti
kabina
utastér
faròegaplásskáetakofi
キャビン
선실
kajutėsalonastrobelė
būdakajītesalons
kajutazrub
kabinakoča
hytt
ห้องเคบิน
ca bin
cabin
[ˈkæbɪn]B. CPD cabin boy N → grumete m
cabin class N (Naut) → segunda clase f
cabin crew N (Aer) → tripulación f de pilotaje
cabin cruiser N → yate m de crucero (a motor)
cabin trunk N → baúl m
cabin class N (Naut) → segunda clase f
cabin crew N (Aer) → tripulación f de pilotaje
cabin cruiser N → yate m de crucero (a motor)
cabin trunk N → baúl m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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cabin
n
(= hut) → Hütte f
(of lorries, buses etc) → Führerhaus nt
cabin
:cabin attendant
n (Aviat) → Flugbegleiter(in) m(f)
cabin boy
cabin class
n → zweite Klasse
cabin crew
n (Aviat) → Flugbegleitpersonal nt
cabin cruiser
n → Kajütboot nt
cabin
:cabin luggage
n → Kabinengepäck nt
cabin staff
n → Kabinenpersonal nt
cabin trunk
n → Schrank- or Überseekoffer m
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cabin
(ˈkӕbin) noun1. a small house or hut (made eg of logs). a log cabin.
2. a (small) room in a ship for sleeping in. We've a four-berth cabin.
3. the part of an aircraft containing seating for passengers.
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cabin
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