cubicle
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈkjuːbɪkəl/
:
cubículo
- Each employee has their own cubicle where they can focus on their tasks.
- an office cubicle
Because I found him in a toilet cubicle with David House.
- Because I found him in a toilet cubicle with David House.
- It's like a cubicle with just the bed.
- The toilet doors, like cubicles had holes between them, like glory holes, right.
- We've lost sight of how exciting it is not to have to sit in a cubicle all day long.
- And then off you go right into the dorm and into the cement cubicle that they are going to call home for the next year.
- Oops, I didn't mean to knock over your plant that you got in your cubicle.
- And then they built these custom partitions, which were kind of like modern cubicle and they were all black and they were solid.
- She had to sit in an aisle to do it, and the people learning were in these little cubicles.
- I'm living, you know, this is what life should be, you know, not staying in the house, working in a cubicle.
- You know, I can't sit in a cubicle and do the same thing every day because it makes my brain frazzled.
- So even the word cubicle may be an obsolete word.
Examples
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It happened right here in this very cubicle.
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I just sit in my cubicle every day.
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It's like a cubicle with just the bed.
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I got the only cubicle with a bathroom.
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Maybe they have a cubicle, but it's not a private place.
Academic text (2012) -
The cubicle across from you is empty.
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I once shared a cubicle with a man who specialized in universal appeal.
Academic text (2007) -
The man in the cubicle next to you smelled.
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Sue asks and turns to the woman in the little cubicle beside her.
Fiction book (1992) -
Then I retreat, moist-eyed, to my cubicle for some invoicing fun.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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4.8
A small space or compartment where you keep things like a backpack
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5.3
A small enclosed space used for storing things, doing small tasks, or as a quiet nook
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8.8
A small enclosed study space in a library for one person to work quietly
A small desk area in a library separated by low walls for privacy
How Private
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cubicle comes from the Latin cubiculum, which meant 'bedroom' and comes from a verb meaning 'to lie down'. Monks once used small rooms called cubicles, so today a cubicle is a small, enclosed space for one person.