cabin
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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
A private room on a ship.
“the captain’s cabin”
The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
Verb 2 meanings
To place in a cabin or other small space.
To limit the scope of.
Etymology
From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”); see further etymology there. Doublet of cabana and cabane.
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CABIN at a glance
CABIN has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (C 3 + A 1 + B 3 + I 1 + N 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,668 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cabin
All rhymes- ROBIN7
- RUBIN7
- HEMOGLOBIN18
- DUSTBIN10
- BOBBIN12
- SABIN7
- PSILOCYBIN19
- JACOBIN18
- BILIRUBIN13
- DOBBIN11
- HAEMOGLOBIN19
- ROBBIN10
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