Cabinet Minister ˈkæbɪnət Meeting Shadow Members Noun Bre

• a cabinet meeting
• a cabinet minister
• the shadow cabinet (= the most important members of the opposition party)
• kitchen cabinets

cabinet

1. a group of chosen members of a government, which is responsible for advising and deciding on government policy
• a cabinet meeting
• a cabinet minister
• the shadow Cabinet (= the most important members of the opposition party)
2. a piece of furniture with doors, drawers and/or shelves, that is used for storing or showing things
• see also filing cabinet
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/filing-cabinet
• kitchen cabinets
• a medicine cabinet
• The china was displayed in a glass cabinet.

Extra Examples

• Past reports are kept in the filing cabinet in my office.
• The Prime Minister reshuffled= changed his Cabinet yesterday.
• The affair led to a mid-term Cabinet reshuffle.
• The defeat in the vote forced the Cabinet to change its policy on immigration.
• The inner Cabinet is to meet again today.
• The prime minister reshuffled his Cabinet yesterday.
• There was a meeting of the full Cabinet this afternoon.
• a glass china cabinet
• He is a member of the Shadow Cabinet.
• Several cabinet ministers have been implicated in the scandal.
• She lost her position as Health Minister in a recent cabinet reshuffle.
• The issue was discussed at yesterday’s cabinet meeting.
• There’s a medicine cabinet in the bathroom.

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent.: from cabin + -et, influenced by French cabinet.