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Definition of cubicle noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cubicle

noun
 
/ˈkjuːbɪkl/
 
/ˈkjuːbɪkl/
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  1. a small area of a room that is separated off by curtains or by thin or low walls
    • a shower cubicle
    • (British English) a changing cubicle (= for example at a public swimming pool)
    • (especially North American English) an office cubicle
    • I don’t even know my colleague in the next cubicle.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • small
    • tiny
    cubicle + noun
    • curtain
    • door
    • wall
    verb + cubicle
    • occupy
    • enter
    • leave
    preposition
    • in a/​the cubicle
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘bedroom’): from Latin cubiculum, from cubare ‘lie down’.
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