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   cabin

   /ˈkabɪn/

   noun

   • 1. a private room or compartment on a ship: "she lay in her cabin on a steamer" Similar berthstateroomcompartmentroomdeckhousesleeping quartersforecabinoutside cabinhistorical:roundhousecompartmentpassenger areapassenger accommodationcabcompartment
   • ▪ the area for passengers in an aircraft: "animals are not allowed in the cabin of the aircraft"
   • 2. a small wooden shelter or house in a wild or remote area: "the cabin lay three miles into the reserve" Similar hutlog cabinshantyshackshedchaletbothyshielingshielbut and bencabanatiltmia-miagunyahhumpywharehokarchaic:cotshebang
   • 3. a cubicle or individual work space within a larger office. Indian

   verb

   • 1. confine within narrow bounds: literary "once loosed, the idea of equality is not easily cabined"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French cabane, from Provençal cabana, from late Latin capanna, cavanna.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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