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cubicle

(kjuːbɪkəl)
Word forms: plural cubicles
countable noun
A cubicle is a very small enclosed area, for example one where you can have a shower or change your clothes.
...a separate shower cubicle.
He made his way to the nearest toilet and locked himself in a cubicle.

cubicle in British English

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

cubicle in American English

(ˈkjubɪkəl)
noun
1. 
a small sleeping compartment, as in a dormitory
2. 
any small compartment, as for study
Word origin
L cubiculum < cubare, to lie down: see cube1

Examples of 'cubicle' in a sentence
cubicle

The poor junior men tended to have cubicles without doors and just chairs.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The freezing rooms were glass cubicles and you could hear your neighbour snore.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The bedroom features a double bed and double shower cubicle.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Rescuers had to remove stainless steel lavatory from its cubicle him still attached.
The Sun (2008)
The small cubicle in which the prisoner had to wait was quite claustrophobic.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
He then went into a cubicle for the next three minutes.
The Sun (2008)
He entered the lavatory unnoticed as dozens of shoppers milled around and waited in the next cubicle.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He tried to block the door of the cubicle.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He met the contact in the lavatory and the files were handed under the cubicle door.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The prisoner was then shown into a small cubicle to wait until prison staff were ready to process him.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
There were three double bedrooms and each cabin had a loo which doubled up as a shower cubicle to save space.
The Sun (2014)
There is a joke scrawled on the wall of a lavatory cubicle in a bar in Hull.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Step into a small cubicle, and they slide shut again.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They will also consider increasing the charge for cubicles to 20p next year.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I acknowledged him with a polite nod and went into one of the cubicles.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
You will get used to sharing a lavatory cubicle with at least one other person, sometimes two or three on an outing.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
A guard in one cubicle ignored a truck that roared past without pausing, and he stopped me only to exchange greetings.
Charles Glass The Tribes Triumphant (2006)

In other languages
cubicle

British English: cubicle NOUN
A cubicle is a very small enclosed area, for example one where you can have a shower or change your clothes.
...a separate shower cubicle.
  • American English: cubicle
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cubículo
  • Chinese: > 小单间用于淋浴、更衣等的
  • European Spanish: caseta
  • French: cabine
  • German: Kabine
  • Italian: cabina
  • Japanese: 小さく仕切った部屋
  • Korean: 칸막이 공간
  • European Portuguese: cubículo
  • Latin American Spanish: caseta

Chinese translation of 'cubicle'

cubicle

(ˈkjuːbɪkl)

n (c)

  1. 小室 (xiǎoshì) (间(間), jiān)
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