Cabin

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkæb.ɪn/
• Rhymes: -æbɪn

Origin

From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna ("a cabin").

Full definition of cabin

Noun

1. (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.
   Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin.
• 1994, Michael Grumley, "Life Drawing" in Violet QuillAnd 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.
2. (informal) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
3. A compartment on land, usually comprised of logs.
4. A private room on a ship.
   the captain's cabin
   Passengers shall remain in their cabins.
5. The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
• 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 10, Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. … The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
6. The passenger area of an airplane.
7. (travel, aviation) The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.
8. (rail transport, informal) A signal box.
9. A small room; an enclosed place.
• Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599)So long in secret cabin there he held her captive.

Synonyms

• cell
• chamber
• hut
• pod
• shack
• shed

Antonyms

• hall
• palace
• villa

Verb

1. To place in a cabin.
2. (obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.
• ShakespeareI'll make you ... cabin in a cave.