cab
Pronunciation: /kæb/
The English word “cab” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.
- A similar compartment in other vehicles.
- A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower.
- Any of several two- or four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet.
- Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys.
- A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure.
- An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.
verb
Etymology
Clipping of cabriolet.
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