Travel / A2

KAB-in/ˈkæbɪn/

A cabin is a small room on a ship or plane, or a simple wooden house: a ferry cabin, cabin crew, a log cabin in the hills. Room is the everyday cousin on land. Cabinet is furniture with doors — mix-up. Do not write cabin when you mean cabinet, or cabin vs cab (a taxi).

Meaning

A small room on a ship or plane, or a small wooden house.

Examples

• “Our cabin on the ferry had a window over the water.”
• “The cabin door stuck, so we called a member of the crew.”
• “They rented a wooden cabin beside the lake for three nights.”

Good to know

a ferry / plane cabin; cabin crew. Land cousin: room. Mix-up: cabinet, cab.

Near in meaning

room

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