cubicle

CEFRB1

/ˈkjuːbɪkəl/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
A small area separated from a larger room by walls or screens.
02
noun
Extra detail
A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing.

Examples

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Also pronounced

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Extra meanings

A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.
A small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use.

In context

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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)
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

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From Late Middle English cubicle, from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubiculum.