cab
75
1.0
- noun
- /kæb/
:
cabina
- Two pickup trucks sit under an extended metal awning, their cabs protected by a narrow sliver of shade.
- truck cab
- operator's cab
- locomotive cab
Little Tired got sealer on the cab, so now we're ready to base it out.
- Little Tired got sealer on the cab, so now we're ready to base it out.
- Apparently the pilot looked back, this Scottish coming from the back of his cab, this relatively mortally wounded person.
- right? Yes, right. And your dad, you're in the cab.
Examples
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The truck driver lowered himself from the cab, holding tightly to the door.
Fiction book (1990) -
The explosion blows out all the glass and fills the cab with smoke and fire
Fiction book (1991) -
- I put her in the cab myself.
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When we got to the cab, she gave me an address and she said, oh, by the way, could you drive through downtown?
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Let's talk about it in the cab on the way over.
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About midnight, the truck driver stumbled off to sleep in the cab of his vehicle.
Academic text (2002) -
A touchscreen display in the cab tells the operator how far it is to grade.
Academic text (2000) -
Additionally, the locomotive cab has been optimized to improve the crew's visibility and comfort.
Academic text (1995) -
Equipment, such as front-end loaders, should have well-sealed, ventilated cabs with removable and washable filters.
Academic text (1996) -
The driver sat comfortably in the cab, adjusting the controls of the truck.
Compounds
- Offensive
3
8.6
A taxi that is not official and picks up passengers from the street without a license
- Archaic
2
9.9
A small two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse with a covered seat for passengers and a driver behind
How Enclosed
Surface Forms
Etymology
The cab that is the driver's part of a truck or train got its name from the old hired cab carriage because it is the small space where the driver sits. That's why the driver's compartment is called a cab today.