Synonyms for
Cabin
Definition
a small shelter or house, made of wood and situated in a wild or remote area
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Common collocations
- log cabin
- mountain cabin
- summer cabin
- hunting cabin
- log cabin fever
- cabin fever
- cabin crew
Word family
Usage note
While 'cabin' can refer to a small dwelling, it is most commonly used for the passenger compartments in an aircraft or ship, or for a small wooden house in a rural or wilderness setting.
Example sentences
- Our family rented a cozy cabin near the lake for our vacation.
- The park ranger lived in a cabin in the forest.
- I love spending weekends in my grandfather's cabin in the mountains.
- We had a bonfire outside our cabin and made s'mores.
- The cabin was too small to fit all of our camping gear.
Quotes
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. - Henry David Thoreau
I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. - Henry David Thoreau
I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness. - Aldo Leopold