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cubicle

[ kyoo-bi-kuhl ]

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noun

a small space or compartment partitioned off.
carrel ( def 1 ).
a bedroom, especially one of a number of small ones in a divided dormitory, as in English public schools.

cubicle

/ ˈ��ː��ɪ��ə�� /

a partially or totally enclosed section of a room, as in a dormitory
an indoor construction designed to house individual cattle while allowing them free access to silage

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Origin of cubicle¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin cubiculum bedroom, equivalent to cub ( �� ) to lie down + -i- -i- + -culum -cle ²

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Origin of cubicle¹

C15: from Latin cubiculum, from cub�� to lie down, lie asleep

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Phillipson, who is also education secretary, said many places had unisex toilets or individual cubicles.

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Being trapped in a cubicle and forced to deal with a buffoonish boss resonates with the junior high crowd.

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Members of the public booked slots to use the toilet in its cubicle as part of the exhibition.

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The court also heard that DNA, "likely to have been left by Mr Sheen" was found on a sledge hammer left in the toilet cubicle at the stately home.

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She opened the cubicle door on hearing a man's voice and Mullen put his hand over her mouth and said he "wanted sex".

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