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cabin

noun · verb US /ˈkæbən/

small room on a ship or boat where people sleep

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,726 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,541 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
  2. a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area
  3. the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried

verb

  1. confine to a small space, such as a cabin

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

cabin in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • I speak up and say, 'That's the Old People's cabin afire.'

    Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1

  • The agent's cabin was hidden by the trees and did not count.

    The City of Fire · Grace Livingston Hill · Chapter 1

  • Even if she were awake, she wouldn't know how to tell about this cabin.

    Lahoma · J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis · Chapter 1

  • He came to a cabin where an old man stood in a doorway with a basket of fish beside him.

    Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 02 · Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner · Chapter 1

  • Each rose from a little log cabin clinging to the side of a little hollow at the head of a little creek.

    The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1

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