Cab

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kæb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Full definition of cab

Noun

1. A taxi; a taxicab.
2. Compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver
3. Shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower
4. Any of several four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet
• 1877, Anna Sewell, Black BeautyCaptain went out in the cab all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the cab. Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably as if he had been John Manly over again. When the crupper was let out a hole or two it all fitted well. There was no check-rein, no curb, nothing but a plain ring snaffle. What a blessing that was!

Derived terms

From Hebrew קב.

Alternative forms

• kab

Noun

1. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure, held by some to have been about 1.4 liters, by others about 2.4 liters.
• 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.3:... in the famine of Samaria ... the fourth part of a cab of pigeon's dung was sold for five pieces of silver ...

Noun

1. (video games, informal) An arcade cabinet; the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.

Anagrams

• ABC
• bac, BAC
• BCA, B. C. A.
• CBA