cubicle

[kyoo-bi-kuhl]

noun

1. a small space or compartment partitioned off.

2. carrel.

3. a bedroom, especially one of a number of small ones in a divided dormitory, as in English public schools.

cubicle

/ ˈkjuːbɪkəl /

noun

1. a partially or totally enclosed section of a room, as in a dormitory

2. an indoor construction designed to house individual cattle while allowing them free access to silage

Word History and Origins

Origin of cubicle¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin cubiculum bedroom, equivalent to cub ( āre ) to lie down + -i- -i- + -culum -cle ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of cubicle¹

C15: from Latin cubiculum, from cubāre to lie down, lie asleep

Example Sentences

"I was in the toilet when I heard somebody rustling a bag in one of the cubicles", he said.

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For more than half a century, the cubicle has dominated American offices.

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Fuel those escapist daydreams with travel inspiration ideal for decorating dreary cubicles.

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America’s real comparative advantage is its workers of all stripes—everywhere from factory floors to drilling rigs, corporate cubicles to garage startups—who devise new ways of doing business.

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As JPMorgan’s workers trickled back to work, they saw the new colossus rising about one floor every week as they looked out of their cafeteria windows and cubicles.

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Related Words

• booth 
• cell 
• chamber 
• desk 
• nook 
• room 
• stall