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cab

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Noun

  1. A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.
  2. A similar compartment in other vehicles.
  3. A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower.
  4. Any of several two- or four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet.
  5. Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys.
  6. A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure.
  7. An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.
  8. Clipping of cabinet file (“a compress library archive file”).
  9. Alternative form of Cab.
  10. Initialism of chest compressions, airway and breathing.
  11. Initialism of Cognition, Affect, and Behavior.
  12. Initialism of caffeinated alcoholic beverage.
  13. Abbreviation of Cabernet Sauvignon wine.
  14. A type of aerial spin; a switch frontside rotation.

Verb

  1. To travel by taxicab.

Proper noun

  1. Initialism of Civil Aeronautics Board.
  2. Initialism of Citizens Advice Bureau.
  3. Initialism of Criminal Assets Bureau.
  4. Initialism of Combat Action Badge.
  5. The station code of Causeway Bay in Hong Kong.

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