kitchen cabinet
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈkɪtʃən ˈkæbɪnɪt/
- US
:
armario de cocina
- Kathy found her favorite mug in the kitchen cabinet and poured herself some coffee.
- kitchen cabinet and drawer
- kitchen cabinet door
- installing kitchen cabinets
Examples
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There's a bottle of brandy in the kitchen cabinet over the sink.
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Daisy went to her kitchen cabinet and returned with a bottle of sherry and a drinking glass.
Fiction book (1992) -
Are you looking for a great deal on real wood kitchen cabinets...
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Then she left us for a moment and began to open and close the kitchen cabinets.
Fiction book (2002) -
I poked around in your fridge and kitchen cabinets.
Fiction book (1995) -
There are two whole kitchen cabinets here chock full of Diana's health food.
Fiction book (1998) -
The place has that plastic closed-in smell of new carpeting and new kitchen cabinets with cheap veneer.
Fiction book (1994) -
The copper canisters gleamed beneath the fluorescent light attached to the bottom of the kitchen cabinets.
Fiction book (1994) -
Kathy found her favorite mug in the kitchen cabinet and poured herself some coffee.
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Josie pulled a wooden cutting board from the kitchen cabinet and stood beside him at the counter.
Synonyms
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1.3
A piece of furniture with shelves or drawers for storing things
79
1.0
A cabinet with shelves for storing dishes or food
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1.0
A small room or cupboard in a house where people keep food and dishes
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1.6
A piece of furniture with shelves and drawers for storing and showing dishes
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2.7
A piece of furniture with shelves or drawers for dishes
3
2.6
A cabinet with glass doors for storing and showing fine dishes like teacups
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7.7
A small room or cupboard for keeping food
1
3.7
A cabinet with glass doors for storing and showing plates and cups
1
7.2
A cupboard that keeps food away from insects and mice
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Morphology
kitchen + cabinet
The phrase is compositionally built: 'kitchen' (the room for cooking) modifies 'cabinet' to indicate a cabinet located in the kitchen, so the meaning 'cupboard for storing kitchen items' follows directly from the parts. Although 'cabinet' can also mean a political body, the locative modifier 'kitchen' disambiguates to the furniture sense, and this straightforward noun–noun composition is cross-linguistically common and predictable for learners.
Etymology
Kitchen cabinet is simply a cupboard in the kitchen. The words kitchen and cabinet name the cooking room and a storage cupboard, so it means a place 'to store' cups, plates, or food.