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BNC: 37930 COCA: 26721

cubbyhole

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
cubbyhole /ˈkʌbiˌhoʊl/ noun
plural cubbyholes
cubbyhole
/ˈkʌbiˌhoʊl/
noun
plural cubbyholes
Learner's definition of CUBBYHOLE
[count]
: a small hole or space for storing things小的储物空间
: a place (such as a room) that is very small小房间;斗室
BNC: 37930 COCA: 26721

cubbyhole

noun

cub·​by·​hole ˈkə-bē-ˌhōl How to pronounce cubbyhole (audio)
: a small snug place (as for hiding or storage)
also : a cramped space

Example Sentences

The car has lots of cubbyholes for small items. He keeps the key in a cubbyhole in his desk. He worked in a cubbyhole under the stairs.
Recent Examples on the Web More than a half-dozen snowboards hang in the entryway over a cubbyhole stuffed with boots. Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022 The kitchen has bar seating and playful cubbyhole-style cabinetry. Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2021 Performed without an interval, the production gains visual energy from the sudden appearance of props, embedded in cubbyholes to the side of the set: a roast dinner here, a record album or two there. Matt Wolf, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020 The back of the plane has been converted into a master suite, with a double bed and cubbyhole wall niches that become closets with space for hanging storage. Jennifer Fernandez, House Beautiful, 27 Dec. 2019 Flower stalls still blaze at the street corners and, in the side alleys of Chinatown, away from the sumptuous bazaars of Grant Avenue, ancient Chinese doze away their lives in cubbyhole shops filled with herbs and jade-green bowls. Lillian Symes, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019 Hanks, skeins and balls — from cloud-soft kid mohair to slightly felted, neon yellow merino wool from Uruguay to beginner-friendly, spaghetti-thick acrylics — pack the cubbyholes that hug the walls in the shop on Red Hill Avenue. Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 13 Sep. 2019 Brett Gardner took a 1-2 splitter on or off the inside of the plate for strike three, returned to the dugout, slammed his bat into the helmet cubbyholes nine times and then eight times into the dugout roof. Ronald Blum, courant.com, 19 July 2019 At Capacity LLC’s fulfillment center in New Jersey, workers had been tediously scanning items from such companies as cosmetics maker Glossier Inc. and shoe retailer Stadium Goods LLC, then placing each product into one of 16 cubbyholes. Thomas Black, latimes.com, 13 July 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1842, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cubbyhole was circa 1842
BNC: 37930 COCA: 26721

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