UNITED STATES CABINET

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does United States Cabinet mean? 

• UNITED STATES CABINET (noun)
  The noun UNITED STATES CABINET has 1 sense:

1. a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet

  Familiarity information: UNITED STATES CABINET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNITED STATES CABINET (noun)

Meaning:

A board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

United States Cabinet; US Cabinet

Hypernyms ("United States Cabinet" is a kind of...):

cabinet (persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers)

Meronyms (members of "United States Cabinet"):

Secretary of Veterans Affairs (the position of the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs)

Secretary of Transportation; Transportation Secretary (the position of the head of the Department of Transportation)

Secretary of the Treasury; Treasury Secretary (the position of the head of the Treasury Department)

Interior Secretary; Secretary of the Interior (the position of the head of the Department of the Interior)

Secretary of State (the position of the head of the State Department)

Labor Secretary; Secretary of Labor (the position of the head of the Department of Labor)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the position of the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development)

Secretary of Health and Human Services (the position of the head of the Department of Health and Human Services)

Energy Secretary; Secretary of Energy (the position of the head of the Department of Energy)

Education Secretary; Secretary of Education (the position of the head of the Education Department)

Defense Secretary; Secretary of Defense (the position of the head of the Department of Defense)

Commerce Secretary; Secretary of Commerce (the position of the head of the Department of Commerce)

Agriculture Secretary; Secretary of Agriculture (the position of the head of the Department of Agriculture)

Attorney General; Attorney General of the United States (the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States)