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cabin

cab·in
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kab-in]
    • /ˈkæb ɪn/
    • /ˈkæb.ɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kab-in]
    • /ˈkæb ɪn/

Definitions of cabin word

  • countable noun cabin A cabin is a small room in a ship or boat. 3
  • countable noun cabin A cabin is one of the areas inside a plane. 3
  • countable noun cabin A cabin is a small wooden house, especially one in an area of forests or mountains. 3
  • noun cabin a small simple dwelling; hut 3
  • noun cabin a simple house providing accommodation for travellers or holiday-makers at a motel or holiday camp 3
  • noun cabin a room used as an office or living quarters in a ship 3

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Origin of cabin

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English cabane < Middle French < Old Provençal cabana < Late Latin capanna (Isidore of Seville), of uncertain, perhaps pre-Latin orig.; spelling with i perhaps by influence of French cabine (see cabinet)

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Parts of speech for Cabin

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

cabin popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

cabin usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for cabin

noun cabin

  • box — A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.
  • shed — Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
  • chalet — A chalet is a small wooden house, especially in a mountain area or a holiday camp.
  • room — channel
  • shack — a rough cabin; shanty.

Top questions with cabin

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