cabin

cabin

1. a room used as an office or living quarters in a ship

2. a covered compartment used for shelter or living quarters in a small boat

3. (in a warship) the compartment or room reserved for the commanding officer

4. Brit another name for signal box

5. 

a. the enclosed part of a light aircraft in which the pilot and passengers sit

b. the part of an airliner in which the passengers are carried

c. the section of an aircraft used for cargo

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Cabin

A small, crudely constructed dwelling, which may have a living room with a fireplace, plus one or more small rooms; also a room aboard a vessel.

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cabin

A simple one-story cottage or hut, often of relatively crude construction; see center-hall cabin, continental cabin, dog-run cabin, dogtrot cabin, double-pen cabin, log cabin, possum-trot cabin, saddlebag cabin, single-pen cabin, stone cabin, tourist cabin, vertical-log cabin, Virginia cabin.

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cabin

Shaded portion indicates cabin for passengers.

The compartments used for carrying passengers.

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