kitchen cabinet

American  

noun

kitchen cabinets plural

1. a cupboard built into a kitchen or a chest of drawers for kitchen use, as for dishes and silverware.

2. a group of unofficial advisers on whom a head of government appears to rely heavily.

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kitchen cabinet British  

noun

1. a group of unofficial advisers to a political leader, esp when considered to be more influential than the official cabinet

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• kitchen cabinets
  plural

Etymology

Origin of kitchen cabinet

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

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kitchen cabinet

A kitchen cabinet had come undone, and I needed a bracket and some glue to piece it back together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Be honest with yourself: Are you really going to use the dusty waffle maker in your kitchen cabinet?

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026

“You really want to know: ‘What’s in the air, what’s in the water, what’s in the ash that blew into my kitchen cabinet?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025

Regardless of that choice, Mr. Biden’s kitchen cabinet of advisers is clear: The handful of people whom he has kept close throughout his first bid for the presidency and his time in office.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

I loved opening the kitchen cabinet to choose my cereal for breakfast.

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