cab

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/kæb/

noun 15name 5verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

black, yellow

A yellow cab pulled up outside the hotel and the passenger got in quickly.

taxi | hackney, hansom | horse-drawn

VERB + CAB

go by, take

After the movie ended late, we decided to go by cab instead of waiting for the bus.

call (sb), get (sb), order (sb), phone for

After the movie ended, we ordered a cab to take us home.

find

After the concert ended, we had to find a cab to get back to the hotel.

catch, hail

After the movie finished, we caught a cab to get home quickly.

get into/out of | drive | pay for/off

After the concert, three friends shared a cab home to save money.

CAB + VERB

draw up, pull up

A yellow cab drew up outside the hotel and the passenger stepped out.

pick sb up, take sb

A taxi pulled up and picked us up right outside the airport terminal.

CAB + NOUN

driver | rank | fare | ride

PREP

by ~

She arrived at the airport by cab after her flight landed late.

in a/the ~

The taxi driver sat in the cab, waiting for the next passenger to arrive.

PHRASES

the back of a cab

She fell asleep in the back of a cab on her way home from the airport.

Definitions

noun

A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.

A similar compartment in other vehicles.

Dad looked up to catch sight of the man in the crane’s cab. He knew that DEVILISH smirk anywhere. It was Fingers.

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.

Captain went out in the cab all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the cab. Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably, as if he had been John Manly over again. When the crupper was let out a hole or two, it all fitted well. There was no bearing rein—no curb—nothing but a plain ring snaffle. What a blessing that was!

“There will soon be very few hansom cabs left,” said Mrs. Elliot. “And four-wheeled cabs—I assure you even at Oxford it’s almost impossible to get a four-wheeled cab.”

Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys.

a cab ride

to take a cab

verb

To travel by taxicab.

noun

A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure.

[…] in the famine of Samaria […] the fourth part of a cab of pigeon's dung was sold for five pieces of silver […]

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers whe

hack
taxi
taxicab

noun — small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage

cabriolet

verb — ride in a taxicab

taxi

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Dad looked up to catch sight of the man in the crane’s cab. He knew that DEVILISH smirk anywhere. It was Fingers.

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Captain went out in the cab all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the cab. Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle

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“There will soon be very few hansom cabs left,” said Mrs. Elliot. “And four-wheeled cabs—I assure you even at Oxford it’s almost impossible to get a four-wheeled cab.”

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[…] in the famine of Samaria […] the fourth part of a cab of pigeon's dung was sold for five pieces of silver […]

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“So you're drinking some Cabs then, right?” she asked. ¶ I told her that indeed I was. […] Cabernet Sauvignon grows just about anywhere; nearly every wine-growing country has its Cab.

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Would you like me to get you a cab?

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, cab is marked as informal, historical, US, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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