cabin

[kab-in]

noun

1. a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction.

   He was born in a cabin built of rough logs.

   Synonyms: cottage, shack, shanty, cot

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 especially passengers in an air or space vehicle.

4. an apartment or room in a ship, as for passengers.

5. cabin class.

6. (in a naval vessel) living accommodations for officers.

   Synonyms: compartment

adverb

1. in cabin-class accommodations or by cabin-class conveyance.

   to travel cabin.

verb (used without object)

1. to live in a cabin.

   They cabin in the woods on holidays.

verb (used with object)

1. to confine; enclose tightly; cramp.

cabin

/ ˈkæbɪn /

noun

1. a small simple dwelling; hut

2. a simple house providing accommodation for travellers or holiday-makers at a motel or holiday camp

3. a room used as an office or living quarters in a ship

4. a covered compartment used for shelter or living quarters in a small boat

5. (in a warship) the compartment or room reserved for the commanding officer

6. another name for signal box

7. 1. the enclosed part of a light aircraft in which the pilot and passengers sit

   2. the part of an airliner in which the passengers are carried

   3. the section of an aircraft used for cargo

verb

1. to confine in a small space

Other Word Forms

• uncabined adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cabin¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English cabane, from Middle French, from Old Provençal cabana, from Late Latin capanna, of uncertain, perhaps pre-Latin origin; spelling with “i” perhaps by influence of French cabine ( cabinet )

Word History and Origins

Origin of cabin¹

C14: from Old French cabane, from Old Provençal cabana, from Late Latin capanna hut

Example Sentences

Accounts on the platforms show glossy brochures of the ship's decks, menus and cabins.

From BBC

Chopping wood outside his character’s rustic cabin in the middle of nowhere, he drives the ax down again and again, ferociously focused on the task at hand.

From Los Angeles Times

Hirscher was going to care for the dog in his cabin but San Bernardino County Supervisor Dawn Rowe, who was surveying the damage in the area, took the dog to reunite it with its owner.

From Los Angeles Times

The chair of the Friends of Feltham Green, Angela Parton, said the new cabin and memorial garden would be a "welcoming space" that would "radiate out positive waves" into the local community.

From BBC

A total of 229 passengers, 12 cabin crew and 19 people on the ground perished when the plane crashed.

From BBC

Related Words

• box 
• camp 
• chalet 
• compartment 
• cottage 
• home 
• hut 
• lodge 
• room 
• shack 
• shanty 
• shed 
• shelter