cabin
part of speech
noun (a cabin, cabins)
meaning for a pupil
1) A small wooden house, usually in the country, woods or mountains: a log cabin. tree →
2) A small room for sleeping on a ship. tree →
3) The part of an aircraft where passengers sit, or where the pilots sit (the cockpit). tree →
4) (cabin crew) The flight attendants on a plane. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories cabins are cosy hideaways in the woods or by a lake (common in Canada and the USA). In transport and safety, cabin crew tell passengers what to do in an emergency. Phrases: log cabin, cabin crew, cabin bag, cabin pressure, cabin fever (feeling trapped indoors).
examples
- We stayed in a log cabin by the lake. tree →
- The ship's cabin had two bunk beds. tree →
- Cabin crew showed us how to use the life jacket. tree →
- Your cabin bag must fit under the seat. tree →
- After a week of rain, we all had cabin fever. tree →
- The cabin was heated by a wood stove. tree →
- “Fetch the cat, Jukes,” said Hook; “it’s in the cabin.” tree →
note
Countable: cabins. Not the same as a "cab" (a taxi). "Cabin fever" is an idiom for boredom from being shut in.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cabin» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.