NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cabinet (furniture)

A cabinet is a usually oblong piece of furniture, often attached to a wall and made of wood, used throughout the world for the storage of clothes or other miscellaneous items. Usually have a pair of doors on the front, occasionally with a lock.

For more uses of the word cabinet see Cabinet (disambiguation).

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Categories: Furniture stubs | Furniture Cabinet can refer to Cabinet - a council of high-ranking members of government Cabinet (furniture) - a type of enclosed shelving Arcade cabinet - a type of furniture which houses arcade games, usually equipped with a coin slot and complex, hardwired electronics. ... Furniture is the collective term for the movable objects which support the human body (seating furniture and beds), provide storage, and hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground. ... Furnishings (aka art objects, decorative arts, knick-knacks, bric-a-brac) are the objects, other than furniture, that occupy an interior space. ...

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