CUBICLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cubicle mean? 

• CUBICLE (noun)
  The noun CUBICLE has 3 senses:

1. small room in which a monk or nun lives

2. small individual study area in a library

3. small area set off by walls for special use

  Familiarity information: CUBICLE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUBICLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small room in which a monk or nun lives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cell; cubicle

Hypernyms ("cubicle" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Holonyms ("cubicle" is a part of...):

convent (a religious residence especially for nuns)

monastery (the residence of a religious community)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small individual study area in a library

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carrel; carrell; cubicle; stall

Hypernyms ("cubicle" is a kind of...):

alcove; bay (a small recess opening off a larger room)

Holonyms ("cubicle" is a part of...):

depository library; library (a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small area set off by walls for special use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

booth; cubicle; kiosk; stall

Hypernyms ("cubicle" is a kind of...):

closet (a small private room for study or prayer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cubicle"):

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)