cabin

A small, usually wooden house in the countryside or a remote place.

• We stayed in a cabin by the lake.
• Their wooden cabin has a small fireplace.
• Several cabins were hidden among the trees.

Similar words: hut, cottage

Common phrases: log cabin, wooden cabin, cabin in something

A section of a passenger plane where everyone receives the same type of service.

• The economy cabin was full.
• Passengers in the business class cabin received dinner first.
• This aircraft has three separate cabins.

Similar words: compartment

Common phrases: first class cabin, business class cabin, economy cabin

A private room on a ship where someone can sleep or spend time.

• Our cabin has two beds.
• The captain returned to her cabin.
• We booked a cabin with a sea view.

How to use it: cabin on something (They shared a cabin on the ship.)

Common phrases: captain’s cabin, cabin on something, share a cabin

A small enclosed room on a boat, often used for sleeping.

• Our cabin has two beds.
• We slept in a cabin below deck.
• Are all the passenger cabins this small?

Similar words: room

Common phrases: cabin door, private cabin, cabin on board

A simple small house, often made from logs, built by people settling in a new area.

• The settlers built a cabin from logs.
• Their cabin had one room and a stone fireplace.
• Several families lived in cabins beside the new trail.

Similar words: log house, hut

Common phrases: log cabin, pioneer cabin, build a cabin

To put someone or something in a small enclosed space.

• They cabin their guests in narrow rooms.
• The sailors were cabined below deck.
• He felt cabined within those four walls.

How to use it: cabin someone/something in something (They cabined the workers in tiny rooms.)

Similar words: confine, shut away

Opposites: release

Common phrases: cabin someone, cabin someone within