cabin

Definitions


[ˈkabɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a private room or compartment on a ship
(e.g: she lay in her cabin on a steamer)

- a small wooden shelter or house in a wild or remote area
(e.g: the cabin lay three miles into the reserve)

- a cubicle or individual work space within a larger office


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cabane, from Provençal cabana, from late Latin capanna, cavanna


[ˈkabɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- confine within narrow bounds
(e.g: once loosed, the idea of equality is not easily cabined)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cabane, from Provençal cabana, from late Latin capanna, cavanna




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