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# cabin

noun (a cabin, cabins)

«cabin» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A small wooden house, usually in the country, woods or mountains: a log cabin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabin/#m1)
2. A small room for sleeping on a ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabin/#m2)
3. The part of an aircraft where passengers sit, or where the pilots sit (the cockpit). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabin/#m3)
4. (cabin crew) The flight attendants on a plane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabin/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabin/#x1)
- The ship's cabin had two bunk beds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabin/#x2)
- Cabin crew showed us how to use the life jacket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabin/#x3)
- Your cabin bag must fit under the seat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabin/#x4)
- After a week of rain, we all had cabin fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabin/#x5)
- The cabin was heated by a wood stove. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabin/#x6)
- “Fetch the cat, Jukes,” said Hook; “it’s in the cabin.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabin/#x7)

### Note

Countable: cabins. Not the same as a "cab" (a taxi). "Cabin fever" is an idiom for boredom from being shut in.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cabin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cabin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cabin.html) on Mova free.