cubicle
nounUK /ˈkjuːbɪkəl/ · CA, US /ˈkjubɪkəl/
Etymology From Late Middle English cubicle, from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubiculum.
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A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.
- Near-synonyms: carrel (sometimes synonymous), carol
- Most libraries provide cubicles for quiet study.
2 more examples
- Two men who were in the baths at the time of the fire, who preferred to remain anonymous, told GCN that they were asleep in a cubicle on the fourth floor when they awoke to the smell of smoke.1983 December 17, Christine Guilfoy, “Women's Bar, Mens Baths Destroyed By Fire”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 22, page 1:
- I sit in a cubicle and I update bank software for the 2000 switch.1999, Mike Judge, Office Space (motion picture), spoken by Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston):
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A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing.
- With more urinals than cubicles, men - unlike women - rarely queue, a Royal Society for Public Health report says.2019 May 23, “Two female loos for every male one, experts recommend”, in BBC News, retrieved 14 Aug 2019:
- The toilets will have weight-sensitive floors to make sure only one person is using each cubicle at a time.2019 August 16, “Anti-sex toilets will soak users with water jets and sound alarm”, in Planet Rock, retrieved 17 Aug 2019:
- Derived terms
- coffice, cubicled, cubicle farm, cubiclelike, cubiclize, multicubicle
- Related terms
- closet, partition, roomlet, sociofugal