cabinet

cabinet is a Noun

Definition:

[1] A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.] Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet. Spenser.

[2] A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.

[3] A private room in which consultations are held. Philip passed some hours every day in his father`s cabinet. Prescott.

[4] The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

[5] A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:

[6] A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an étagère or closed with doors. See Etagere.

[7] Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself. Cabinet council.

[8] Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title). (b) A meeting of the cabinet. -- Cabinet councilor, a member of a cabinet council. -- Cabinet photograph, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a carte de visite. -- Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection.