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cabin

cabin

108 1.3
A small room for people on a plane or ship
  • noun
  • /ˈkæbɪn/
translation icon : cabina (avión, vehículo)
  • You may now remove your seatbelts and walk around the cabin, but it's just pulling in to the to the to the gate, right?
  • airplane cabin
  • cabin crew
  • economy-class cabin

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Examples

  • The smuggler got up, made his way back to his cabin, and stretched out on the bunk.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Thirty seconds and fuel is go, oxygen is go, cabin pressure on the top peg.

  • Are we in the same cabin?

  • That is your signal you are safe to move about the cabin.

  • I want her to remain in the passenger cabin.

  • Could we accommodate you in our first class cabin?

  • We've experienced a slight but abrupt drop in cabin pressure.

  • The modules contain individual cabins for the crew and working quarters for carrying out biomedical research.

    Academic text (2006)
  • I'm in cabin 4433.

  • During the flight, please return to your cabin and fasten your seatbelt.

Synonyms

compartment
vscabin
150 3.3

A small separate space inside a bigger thing where you keep things

is an enclosed space designed for people rather than mainly for storage
stateroom
vscabin
16 5.8

A private cabin on a ship or train with a bed and bathroom

is a general enclosed space for people on various vehicles
roomette
vscabin
  • US
1 8.4

A small private space on a train with a bed for one person

is an enclosed space for people not limited to single occupancy
drawing room
vscabin
  • Archaic
1 8.1

A private compartment on a sleeper train with beds and a toilet

is an enclosed space on vehicles without implying bunks or toilets
couchette
vscabin
  • UK
9.7

A sleeping compartment on a train with bunks for overnight travel

is an enclosed space on vehicles not limited to overnight shared bunks
pressure cabin
vscabin
  • Specialized
4.0

A part of a plane or spacecraft kept with extra air so people can breathe normally

is an enclosed space on vehicles without special air pressure control

Antonyms

124 3.1

The outside part of something, like the walls of a house

Compounds

12 2.5

A small house built from round pieces of wood, often in the woods

cabin boy
  • Archaic
4 6.5

A young boy who works on a ship and helps officers and passengers

A large motorboat with a cabin, toilet and small kitchen for living on board

1 3.9

A small simple wooden house in the countryside

cabin car
  • Archaic
6.9

A car at the end of a freight train where the crew rest

A cheaper travel class on a ship, train, or plane than first class

cabin girl
  • Archaic
8.1

A young woman who works as a helper on a ship in passengers' or officers' cabins

A passenger ship with private cabins for travelers

pressure cabin
  • Specialized
4.0

A part of a plane or spacecraft kept with extra air so people can breathe normally

How Big

suite
288 3.5
stateroom
16 5.8
cabin
108 1.3
berth
9 5.5

Surface Forms

cabin singular
cabins plural

Etymology

Cabin was once the name for a small 'hut' on a ship (from Old French cabane), and that idea moved to modern vehicles; so the cabin of a boat, plane, or spacecraft is the enclosed room where people sit or sleep.