cabinet

Definition of cabinet in English English dictionary: A small chamber or private room; milkshake; A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall; A group of advisors to a government or business entity; In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch; A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½"
Holmes took a note of it. “One other question,” said he. “Was the photograph a cabinet?”.; a collection of art or ethnographic objects; the body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation; {n} a set of drawers, a place for counsel, the executive counsel of a state; The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council; A group of advisors to the President in key areas such as defense, commerce, education,etc; A body composed of all ministers heading government departments, as well as the prime minister or premier; A small, private room where works of art, valuables and curiosities were kept and contemplated at leisure; over time the term was used for the collections themselves Renaissance cabinets played an important role in the development of museums and art galleries; The heads of government ministries The Premier is the head of the cabinet and chooses cabinet ministers from among elected members of his or her party; To inclose a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers; The most senior members of the Government; committee concerned with the coordination and presentation of government policy; the group of senior ministers in a government; also, the collection itself; persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers; A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value; An enclosure that may house connection devices, terminated cables, splices, apparatus, wiring and equipment Typically affords security and/or protection from prevailing conditions such as weather, vandalism or accidental damage; The President carries out the laws passed by Congress and he or she does this through many departments such as the Department of State, Department of Defense, Department of Labor, and so forth The President appoints a head of each dpartment with the consent of the Senate and often meets with these heads as a group They are referred to as the "Cabinet"; a group consisting of the heads of the (cabinet) executive departments, who are appointed by the president, subject to confirmation by the Senate The cabinet was once the main advisory body to the president but no longer plays this role; the group of senior ministers in a government; all the ministers in the Northern Territory Government campaign a competition for votes by people who are seeking election to parliament candidate someone who stands for election to parliament cast a vote to make a choice between candidates by filling in a ballot paper, or by some other means citizen a member of a community such as a town, city, state, territory, country etc censure motion a motion moved in parliament which is very critical of, and which seeks to attach blame to, a minister, another member, or the government chair (see Speaker's Chair); The Ministers, who, as senior Members of the governing party, are responsible for the development and implementation of policy Campaign: The period before an election in which candidates and parties seek to win voters' support; A hut; a cottage; a small house; A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3â…ž" by 5½"; The heads of government departments The Premier is the head of the cabinet and chooses cabinet ministers from among elected members of his or her party; This term refers to the heads of the executive departments; Government decision making body Chaired by Taoiseach Government Ministers, the Attorney General and (I think) the Chief Whip are members; Policy-making group composed of the Associate Dean and the directors of the administrative units of the NYU Division of Libraries; - the group of cabinet ministers picked by the prime minister for extra governmental responsibilities Individual cabinet ministers work with the prime minister on issues like the environment, finance, health, and oceans and fisheries Sometimes the prime minister changes cabinet ministers This is commonly called a "cabinet shuffle "; A private room in which consultations are held; a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display; housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television; Group of key presidential advisors which includes the Secretaries or heads of each Department of the national government Presidents generally hold regular Cabinet meetings; the group of Ministers in a Government; Suitable for a cabinet; small; A small room, or retired apartment; a closet; {i} chest; small room; government cabinet of ministers; office; The common name for the Executive Council It consists of a committee of Ministers and Associate Ministers that acts collectively with the Premier to decide matters of government policy; The Cabinet in the ACT consists of either four or five Ministers They are appointed by the Chief Minister; A term used for a matching set of announcements or other cards They are packaged together and contain the invitations and envelopes; The highest level at which objects in a docbase are organized Documents, folders, routers, and other objects you create must be stored in a cabinet Like the file cabinets in an office, cabinets can contain a mixture of objects A cabinet can be marked private in the Attributes dialog box A private cabinet is visible in the docbase window only to the owner of the cabinet But any user with BROWSE permission for a private cabinet can see it in the results area of the Find window; The Cabinet is a group of members of the Government called ministers They are given special things to concentrate on to run the country like education and health If you want to compare it to schools, think about your teachers they teach just one subject (English, Maths, French) rather than trying to teach everything; Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc; in gardening, a term that refers to a hedged enclosure at the end of a walk; a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock; The Cabinet is a group of the most senior ministers in a government, who meet regularly to discuss policies. The announcement came after a three-hour Cabinet meeting in Downing Street. a former Cabinet Minister. Body of senior ministers or, in the U.S., advisers to a chief executive, whose members also serve as the heads of government departments. The cabinet has become an integral part of parliamentary government in many countries, though its form varies. It developed from the British Privy Council, when King Charles II and Queen Anne regularly consulted the council's leading members to reach decisions before meeting with the unwieldy full council. The modern British cabinet consists of departmental ministers, drawn from the members of Parliament and appointed by the prime minister. In the U.S., the cabinet serves as an advisory group to the president without the sanction of (Hukuk) Members' appointments are subject to Senate approval, and the U.S. Constitution sets cabinet members' order of succession to the presidency. The cabinet includes the secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Education, Energy, and Veterans Affairs and the attorney general; Hence: A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an étagère or closed with doors; A cabinet is a cupboard used for storing things such as medicine or alcoholic drinks or for displaying decorative things in. He looked at the display cabinet with its gleaming sets of glasses. see also filing cabinet
cabinet minister: A member of the executive branch of a government who has been appointed to the cabinet, the group of leading policy makers, advisers, and overseers of governmental departments who report to the prime minister
cabinet ministers: plural form of cabinet minister
cabinet window: A projecting shop window, usually with curved sides, common in the 19th century
Cabinet File: extension in DOS 8.3 for compressed files used by Windows installation programs, CAB (Computers)
Cabinet reshuffle: a change in the members of the British Cabinet, decided by the Prime Minister, in which some members are given different jobs, some members lose their jobs, and new members are brought in
cabinet directives: instructions issued by a governing body
cabinet maker: cabi·net mak·er cabinet makers in AM usually use, and in BRIT sometimes use cabinetmaker A cabinet maker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture
cabinet meeting: government meeting, meeting of a president and his advisors
cabinet minister: a person who is a member of the cabinet
cabinet minister: A member of the cabinet; the head of a government department The Premier chooses cabinet ministers and the Lieutenant Governor swears them in
cabinet minister: the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet a person who is a member of the cabinet
cabinet minister: the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet
cabinet minister: - a federal government MP picked by the prime minister for extra governmental responsibilities The MPs selected to join cabinet are taken from the governing political party Members of the cabinet are usually responsible for just one major government issue For example, Paul Martin is the Finance Minister
cabinet minister: government secretary, government advisor
cabinet minister: A member of the cabinet; the head of a government ministry The Premier chooses cabinet ministers and the Lieutenant Governor swears them in
cabinet reshuffle: changing of the government secretaries, change of government advisors
cabinet secretary: cabinet minister, government advisor
cabinet wood: moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork; "teak and other heavy cabinet wood
cabinet wood: moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork; "teak and other heavy cabinet wood"
cabinet-maker: someone whose job is to make good quality wooden furniture
card cabinet: {i} box for storing index cards
Shadow Cabinet: a senior group of opposition politicians who shadow the members of the government
file cabinet: An item of office furniture comprised of a set of either drawers, or shelves with individual doors or panels, sized to standard widths of file folders and traditionally used for the storage of files
filing cabinet: A piece of office furniture comprised of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order
filing-cabinet: Attributive form of filing cabinet
filing-cabinet construction.
inner cabinet: The (often informal) inner circle within a cabinet (which may itself by an official inner circle within a government or council of ministers) which includes only the ministers (or secretaries of state etc.) who are closest to the executive head of state, prime minister or equivalent (notably presiding) officer
kitchen cabinet: An informal group of advisors to a country's chief executive, as distinguished from the official cabinet
kitchen cabinet: Built-in cabinet found in a kitchen
medicine cabinet: A cupboard in the bathroom that contains toiletries and other items; a bathroom cabinet
medicine cabinet: A cupboard where drugs and medical paraphernalia are stored
cytotoxic drug safety cabinet: (Mantarbilim) Cabinets produced as the primary barrier against exposure to aerosols that are produced in the preparation, manipulation and dispensing of cytotoxic drugs
Defense Committee of the Cabinet: security council (group of government ministers appointed to deal with security issues)
bar cabinet: small chest where drinks and alcoholic beverages are stored
bathroom cabinet: {i} bathroom cupboard
british cabinet: the senior ministers of the British government
cabinets: plural of cabinet
china cabinet: a cabinet (usually with glass doors) for storing and displaying china
emergency cabinet meeting: government meeting called to deal with an emergency
file cabinet: a piece of office furniture with drawers for storing letters, reports etc British Equivalent: filing cabinet
file cabinet: office cabinet that is designed to store file folders
filing cabinet: A filing cabinet is a piece of office furniture, usually made of metal, which has drawers in which files are kept
filing cabinet: office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
filing cabinet: cabinet with drawers designed to hold file folders (used for document storage)
kitchen cabinet: an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government
kitchen cabinet: cupboard located in the kitchen and used for storing utensils and food; (Politics) members of the government cabinet who are the President's or Prime Minister's closest advisors
kitchen cabinet: disapproval Journalists sometimes refer to the unofficial advisers of a prime minister or president as that person's kitchen cabinet, especially if they disapprove of the influence that the advisers seem to have. A group of unofficial advisers to the head of a government. a group of people who give advice informally to the leader of the government, not officially
medicine cabinet: cabinet where medicines are stored
security cabinet: {i} government cabinet of ministers in charge of matters related to security
shadow cabinet: a group of senior members of the political party that is out of power; these members would probably assume corresponding positions as ministers in the British Cabinet if their party was elected
shadow cabinet: government that the opposition establishes
the Cabinet: permanent committee of ministers who deal with political issues
united states cabinet: a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the Cabinet
writing cabinet: desk, writing table, secretary