cabinet

noun/ˈkæbɪnɪt/

Frequency rank: #2,097 most common English word

Meaning

A piece of furniture with shelves or drawers; a group of senior government ministers.

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Example sentence

She opened the old wooden cabinet to find her grandmother's secret letters.

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