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cubicle

small sleeping compartment; small partitioned space

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cubical – cubic; of or relating to volume

cu·bi·cle

(kyo͞o′bĭ-kəl)

1. A small compartment, as for work or study.

2. A small sleeping compartment, especially within a dormitory.

[Middle English, from Latin cubiculum, bed chamber, from cubāre, to lie down.]

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cubicle

(ˈkjuːbɪkəl)

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

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

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

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cu•bi•cle

(ˈkyu bɪ kəl)

n.

a small space or compartment partitioned off in a large room or area.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin cubiculum bedroom =cub(āre) to lie down + -i- -i- + -culum -cle²]

cubicle

- Originally a small room for sleeping—from Latin cumb, "lie down"—that was separated from a larger room.

See also related terms for sleeping.

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Noun	1.	cubicle - small room in which a monk or nun lives cell convent - a religious residence especially for nuns monastery - the residence of a religious community room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
	2.	cubicle - small individual study area in a library carrell, carrel, stall alcove, bay - a small recess opening off a larger room depository library, library - a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
	3.	cubicle - small area set off by walls for special use kiosk, stall, booth closet - a small private room for study or prayer confessional - a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions polling booth - a temporary booth in a polling place which people enter to cast their votes prompt box, prompter's box - a booth projecting above the floor in the front of a stage where the prompter sits; opens toward the performers on stage shower bath, shower stall - booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom call box, phone booth, telephone booth, telephone box, telephone kiosk - booth for using a telephone tolbooth, tollbooth, tollhouse - a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls voting booth - a booth in which a person can cast a private vote

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cubicle

[ˈkjuːbɪkəl] N (in hospital, dormitory) → cubículo m; (in swimming baths) → caseta f

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cubicle

(ˈkjuːbikl) noun

a small room etc closed off in some way from a larger one. Please use the (changing-)cubicle to change into your swimming trunks.cubículo, caseta

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They threw the clothes back on Philip and dashed like rabbits into their cubicles. Mr.

Next morning when the clanging of a bell awoke Philip he looked round his cubicle in astonishment.

The partitions of the cubicle were of polished pitch-pine, and there was a green curtain in front.

The rest of his washing was done in a small basin on a wash-stand, which with the bed and a chair, made up the furniture of each cubicle. The boys chatted gaily while they dressed.

But at night when they went up to bed and were undressing, the boy who was called Singer came out of his cubicle and put his head in Philip's.

The boy in the next cubicle was looking round the corner, and at the words he slipped in.

But when he awoke next morning it was to the clanging of a bell, and the first thing his eyes saw was the green curtain of his cubicle.

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The top floor at the Albany, as elsewhere, is devoted to the servants--a congeries of little kitchens and cubicles, used by many as lumber-rooms--by Raffles among the many.

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The office was but a little wooden cubicle partitioned off from the sculpture-lined gallery.

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Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) has embarked on a project to expand the accident and emergency cubicles.

PMH expands accident, emergency cubicles

A primary school inStaineswill install individual paper dispensers in one of its toilet blocks after a complaint on social media that loo roll was being kept outside the cubicles.

Buckland Primary School to install loo roll dispensers in cubicles after complaint over toilet block; The school said individual toilet paper dispensers are due to be installed next week in the final block, following a review

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