cab

CAB, the /ˌsiː eɪ ˈbiː/ BrE AmE
(the Citizens Advice Bureau) a British organization supported by the government which gives free advice to ordinary people about legal, financial, and other problems. Most towns and cities in the UK have a Citizens Advice Bureau, and most of the people who work for it are ↑volunteers (=they are not paid for their work).

cab

cab /kæb/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: cabriolet]

1. a taxi:
New York’s yellow cabs
take/get a cab
I took a cab to the airport.
call (somebody) a cab (=telephone for a taxi)
Ralph tried to hail a cab (=wave to get a cab to stop for you).
2. the part of a bus, train, or truck in which the driver sits
3. a carriage pulled by horses that was used like a taxi in the past
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ take/get/catch a cab (=travel by cab) Why don't we take a cab to the theater?
▪ call/order (somebody) a cab (=telephone for one to come) Here's the phone number if you want to call a cab.
▪ phone for a cab British English (=call a cab) There's no need to give me a lift. I'll phone for a cab.
▪ get into/out of a cab I just saw Fiona getting into a cab.
▪ hail a cab written (=wave to make a cab stop for you) Martin put his hand out and hailed a cab.
■ cab + NOUN
▪ a cab driver Many cab drivers fear being robbed.
▪ a cab fare (=the money you pay to travel in a cab) My Dad gave me the money for my cab fare.
▪ a cab ride (=trip in a cab) It's only a short cab ride to Georgetown.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cab

cab [cab cabs] [kæb] [kæb] noun

1. a taxi

2. the place where the driver sits in a bus, train or lorry/truck
Word Origin:
early 19th cent.: abbreviation of cabriolet.
Example Bank:
• 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.
• I'll call you a cab.
• Let's take a cab.
• London black cab drivers
• Outside, a cab was waiting.
• The cab pulled up and they got out.
• The driver was sitting in his cab.
• We couldn't find a cab anywhere near.

• We decided to share a cab.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cab

cab (VEHICLE) /kæb/
noun [C]
1 a taxi:
It'll save time if we go by cab.
See also minicab.

2 in the past, a vehicle pulled by a horse, used as a taxi

cab (PART OF VEHICLE) /kæb/
noun [C]
the separate front part of a large vehicle, such as a truck, bus or train, in which the driver sits

Citizens Advice Bureau

Citizens Advice Bureau noun [C] (ABBREVIATION CAB)
offices in the UK which give you free advice about your problems and are usually run by people who do not get paid for their work

taxi

taxi (VEHICLE) /ˈtæk.si/
noun [C] (ALSO taxicab or cab)
a car with a driver whom you pay to take you somewhere:
I took a taxi from the station to the hotel.
a taxi driver