Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small compartment, as for work or study.
- noun A small sleeping compartment, especially within a dormitory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bedroom; a chamber.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
separate part or one of thecompartments of aroom . - noun A small
enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to providepersonal privacy when changing. - noun A small enclosure in a public
toilet for individual use.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small individual study area in a library
- noun small area set off by walls for special use
- noun small room in which a monk or nun lives
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Is this going to lead to more of what you call the cubicle warriors or the armchair warriors?
CNET News.com 2009
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Another visiting teacher told the Agent of Wonder that there wasn't an available room at her school, but she was determined to convert the toilet roll cupboard into what might be termed a cubicle of wonder.
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When I was stuck in cubicle land I would use the "side-chair of power".
Use Unplugged Earphones To Avoid Pesky Interruptions | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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If the pictures in cubicle advertisements of the time are any indication, cubicles helped ideas flow quite freely indeed.
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I'll go as far as saying that the reason the girl in cubicle 4 doesn't like you stems back to the time when you came out of the washroom and had that big urine streak on your Levi's.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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The circle marks where someone in a cubicle is making a cell-phone call.
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I hate the word cubicle, it just doesn't seem appropriate for an office setting!
Gross Words - Part II Karyn 2006
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I didn’t enjoy the commuting, sitting in cubicle nation and getting nervous about the annual review wondering if I would or would not get my 2% raise.
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If having a tank with that volume and weight of water in your cubicle is going to pose a problem, you’ll need to get your fish keeping fix at home.
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"There's a reason people call the cubicle a veal feeding pen."
The Heavyweights 2011
whichbe commented on the word cubicle
Dating back to the 1400s, this word stemmed from the Latin cubiculum, meaning "sleeping area" (completely apropos). It became obsolete after the 16th century, but it was revived in the 19th century as a word for "dormitory sleeping compartments." Its use as any partitioned space didn’t surface until the 1920s.
May 16, 2008
bilby commented on the word cubicle
Are you a nun, chained_bear?
October 27, 2008