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Definition of cab noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cab

noun
 
/kæb/
 
/kæb/
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  1. a taxi
    • I'll call you a cab.
    • Let's take a cab.
    • The cab pulled up and they got out.
    see also black cab
    Extra Examples
    • I came by cab.
    • I left my umbrella in the back of the cab.
    • I ordered a cab to take him home.
    • I tried to hail a cab but none of them would stop.
    • Outside, a cab was waiting.
    • We couldn't find a cab anywhere near.
    • We decided to share a cab.
    Topics Transport by car or lorryb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • taxi
    • hackney
    • hansom
    • …
    verb + cab
    • go by
    • take
    • call (somebody)
    • …
    cab + verb
    • draw up
    • pull up
    • stop
    • …
    cab + noun
    • driver
    • rank
    • fare
    • …
    preposition
    • by cab
    • in a/​the cab
    phrases
    • the back of a cab
    See full entry
  2. the place where the driver sits in a bus, train or lorryTopics Transport by bus and trainc1, Transport by car or lorryc1
    3. Word Originearly 19th cent.: abbreviation of cabriolet.
See cab in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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