cubicle

American  

[kyoo-bi-kuhl] / ˈkyu bɪ kəl /

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.

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cubicle British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of cubicle

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

Example Sentences

“I have sat in that cubicle,” Lynch says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, a small cubicle adjoining a meeting room was converted into a changing room for those that complained.

From BBC

"It has some cubicles, but not very many, but for the many people who were in A&E and in that area they would need three times the amount of cubicles."

From BBC

For the cubicle set, he was Kafka with an American accent and an infallible comic touch.

From The Wall Street Journal

She said she told him she would follow him into the cubicle but when the accused went into the cubicle, she took the opportunity to tell cabin crew about what had happened to her.

From BBC

Related Words

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