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cabin
English
Etymology
From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”); see further etymology there. Doublet of cabana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæb?n/
- Rhymes: -æb?n
Noun
cabin (plural cabins)
- (US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
- 1994, Michael Grumley, "Life Drawing" in Violet Quill
- And that was how long we stayed in the cabin, pressed together, pulling the future out of each other, sweating and groaning and making sure each of us remembered.
- 1994, Michael Grumley, "Life Drawing" in Violet Quill
- (informal) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
- A private room on a ship.
- The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
- The passenger area of an airplane.
- (travel, aviation) The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.
- (rail transport, informal) A signal box.
- A small room; an enclosed place.
- (India) A private office; particularly of a doctor, businessman, lawyer, or other professional.
Synonyms
- cell
- chamber
- hut
- pod
- shack
- shed
Antonyms
- hall
- palace
- villa
Derived terms
- cabin boy
- cabin cruiser
- log cabin
- signal cabin
Descendants
- ? French: cabine (see there for further descendants)
- ? Japanese: ???? (kyabin)
- ? Korean: ?? (kaebin)
Translations
Verb
cabin (third-person singular simple present cabins, present participle cabining, simple past and past participle cabined)
- (transitive) To place in a cabin or other small space.
- (by extension) To limit the scope of.
- 2019, Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting, Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, page 16, note 11:
- There was a time when this Court’s precedents may have portended the kind of First Amendment liability for purely private property owners that the majority spends so much time rejecting. […] But the Court soon stanched that trend. See Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner, 407 U. S. 551, 561–567 (1972) (cabining Marsh and refusing to extend Logan Valley); Hudgens v. NLRB, 424 U. S. 507, 518 (1976) (making clear that “the rationale of Logan Valley did not survive” Lloyd).
- 2019, Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting, Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, page 16, note 11:
- (intransitive, obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.
See also
- cabana
Further reading
- cabin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- cabin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- cabin at OneLook Dictionary Search
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vehicle
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehere (“to carry”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?vi?.?.k?l/, /?v??.k?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?vi.?.k?l/, /?vi?(h)?.k?l/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?v??(?).k?l/
- Hyphenation: ve?hi?cle
Noun
vehicle (plural vehicles)
- A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.
- A medium for expression of talent or views.
- A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
- (pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
- An entity to achieve an end.
- (Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
- (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits
Synonyms
- (Hinduism): vahan
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:vehicle
Derived terms
Related terms
- vector
- vectorial
- vectorize
Translations
Further reading
- vehicle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vehicle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- vehicle at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin vehiculum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /v??i.kl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /b??i.kl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ve?i.kle/
Noun
vehicle m (plural vehicles)
- vehicle
Related terms
- vehicular
Further reading
- “vehicle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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