Cubbyhole
noun
A small confined space or compartment.
He stored his books in a cubbyhole in his room
Often appears as...
- cluttered cubbyhole
- small cubbyhole
noun
A position or role of little importance or authority.
He was stuck in a bureaucratic cubbyhole
Often appears as...
- bureaucratic cubbyhole
- little cubbyhole
noun
A small confined space or compartment.
He stored his books in a cubbyhole in his room
Often appears as...
- cluttered cubbyhole
- small cubbyhole
noun
A position or role of little importance or authority.
He was stuck in a bureaucratic cubbyhole
Often appears as...
- bureaucratic cubbyhole
- little cubbyhole
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Space
Refers to tiny, often cramped, storage spaces in homes or offices.
She found an old photo album tucked away in the cubbyhole above her desk.
Pro Tip 2/3Organizational Use
Used to describe pockets of space where items are stored neatly or haphazardly.
His cubbyhole was overflowing with papers and random trinkets.
Pro Tip 3/3Privacy Connotation
May suggest a private, personal place for one's belongings.
She kept her secret diary hidden in a tiny cubbyhole under her bed.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Space
Refers to tiny, often cramped, storage spaces in homes or offices.
She found an old photo album tucked away in the cubbyhole above her desk.
Pro Tip 2/3Organizational Use
Used to describe pockets of space where items are stored neatly or haphazardly.
His cubbyhole was overflowing with papers and random trinkets.
Pro Tip 3/3Privacy Connotation
May suggest a private, personal place for one's belongings.
She kept her secret diary hidden in a tiny cubbyhole under her bed.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Space
Refers to tiny, often cramped, storage spaces in homes or offices.
She found an old photo album tucked away in the cubbyhole above her desk.
Pro Tip 2/3Organizational Use
Used to describe pockets of space where items are stored neatly or haphazardly.
His cubbyhole was overflowing with papers and random trinkets.
Pro Tip 3/3Privacy Connotation
May suggest a private, personal place for one's belongings.
She kept her secret diary hidden in a tiny cubbyhole under her bed.
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Safari Live - Day 186 PIPE...
her this morning I was absolutely blown away at just how big she's gotten the last time I saw her she must have been at least half the size of what she is now now she's starting to look like a real leopard and not this sort of a cubby kind of character that we were seeing a few months ago she's also full doubts at all that she's no longer as wiry I find leopard cubs when they swim
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From Farm to Table PIPE Nat...
still combs and things sitting on the dressers there as if the people had just left there's a hearth in the middle there's even a little fish tank so you can keep your fish fresh inside the house there's even a little cubby hole that has a stream running under that makes you think they have indoor plumbing and then the other thing that
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Asking for help is a...
I was so excited, I almost wet myself. And I go to the door, and there was the teacher with a warm welcome, and she took me into the classroom, showed me my little cubbyhole -- we all remember those little cubbyholes, don't we -- and we put our stuff in there. And then she said, "Go over to the circle
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Safari Live - Day 253 PIPE...
at all she's gotten quite big these days and I suppose she still is you know a bit of a cubby face is she's trying very hard to have a stone stair and get rid of the cubby face and I suppose that's making fun of a halving of lament you massage really doesn't help in this case
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Trap Testing PIPE Life...
box is going to work so the idea is the bait is placed in the back of the cubby the animal comes along he sees the bait in the back he goes in he hits this trigger mechanism snap it instantly kills him and his burrow humane way to
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Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
concept as Safari live except underwater it was a very very cool so I'm just keeping an eye on all of these trees hoping hoping hoping to see a little cubby bait I hope you're all
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Safari Live - Day 206 PIPE...
separated from its family from the rest of its cubby there we go we'll be out of here very shortly you got it there doh middle of screen they are up a bit said
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Subsistence Living PIPE...
the bait is placed in the back of the cubby the animal comes along he sees the bait in the back he goes in he hits this trigger mechanism it's real humane way
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Bear Cubs Emerge From...
After weeks confined to a cubbyhole, new life makes its debut in the park.
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Sleepy Cubs PIPE America's...
after weeks confined to a cubbyhole new life makes its debut in the park
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 186 PIPE...
her this morning I was absolutely blown away at just how big she's gotten the last time I saw her she must have been at least half the size of what she is now now she's starting to look like a real leopard and not this sort of a cubby kind of character that we were seeing a few months ago she's also full doubts at all that she's no longer as wiry I find leopard cubs when they swim
Video examples
From Farm to Table PIPE Nat...
still combs and things sitting on the dressers there as if the people had just left there's a hearth in the middle there's even a little fish tank so you can keep your fish fresh inside the house there's even a little cubby hole that has a stream running under that makes you think they have indoor plumbing and then the other thing that
Video examples
Asking for help is a...
I was so excited, I almost wet myself. And I go to the door, and there was the teacher with a warm welcome, and she took me into the classroom, showed me my little cubbyhole -- we all remember those little cubbyholes, don't we -- and we put our stuff in there. And then she said, "Go over to the circle
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 253 PIPE...
at all she's gotten quite big these days and I suppose she still is you know a bit of a cubby face is she's trying very hard to have a stone stair and get rid of the cubby face and I suppose that's making fun of a halving of lament you massage really doesn't help in this case
Video examples
Trap Testing PIPE Life...
box is going to work so the idea is the bait is placed in the back of the cubby the animal comes along he sees the bait in the back he goes in he hits this trigger mechanism snap it instantly kills him and his burrow humane way to
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
concept as Safari live except underwater it was a very very cool so I'm just keeping an eye on all of these trees hoping hoping hoping to see a little cubby bait I hope you're all
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 206 PIPE...
separated from its family from the rest of its cubby there we go we'll be out of here very shortly you got it there doh middle of screen they are up a bit said
Video examples
Subsistence Living PIPE...
the bait is placed in the back of the cubby the animal comes along he sees the bait in the back he goes in he hits this trigger mechanism it's real humane way
Video examples
Bear Cubs Emerge From...
After weeks confined to a cubbyhole, new life makes its debut in the park.
Video examples
Sleepy Cubs PIPE America's...
after weeks confined to a cubbyhole new life makes its debut in the park
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Isabel Lucas
Australian Actress
When I was 7, I went to school in Switzerland because everyone on my mom's side of the family lives there. Then we were back in Australia, in Queensland. That's where we had the chance to have lots of different animals. I spent a lot of time living in nature and building cubby houses in big old trees by the ocean.
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Steve Carell
American Actor
I was sort of traumatized by girls in the third grade. Because there was a girl in my third grade class I had a crush on. I bought her a box of Valentine's Day chocolate. And I put it in her cubby with a note that said something like, 'I am deeply in love with you, Your Secret Admirer.' And I didn't sign my name.
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Amanda Gorman
American Poet
I was obsessed with everything and anything; I wanted to learn everything, to read everything, to do everything. I was constantly on sensory overload. I'd hoard dozens of books in my second-grade cubby, and literally try to read two at a time, side by side.
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Joss Whedon
American Writer
Everybody who labels themselves a 'nerd' isn't some giant person locked in a cubbyhole who's never seen the opposite sex. Especially with the way the Internet is now, I think that definition is getting a little more diffuse.
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Vivek Wadhwa
Indian Businessman
I advise all of the entrepreneurs that I know to attend at least one entrepreneurship event every week. The worst thing an entrepreneur can do is to confine his or herself to a cubby hole.
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Hallie Jackson
American Journalist
It's a little stressful to put down your phone in a little cubby and spend an hour with a barre teacher, but like, you know that it's good for you.
Quote examples
Isabel Lucas
Australian Actress
When I was 7, I went to school in Switzerland because everyone on my mom's side of the family lives there. Then we were back in Australia, in Queensland. That's where we had the chance to have lots of different animals. I spent a lot of time living in nature and building cubby houses in big old trees by the ocean.
Quote examples
Steve Carell
American Actor
I was sort of traumatized by girls in the third grade. Because there was a girl in my third grade class I had a crush on. I bought her a box of Valentine's Day chocolate. And I put it in her cubby with a note that said something like, 'I am deeply in love with you, Your Secret Admirer.' And I didn't sign my name.
Quote examples
Amanda Gorman
American Poet
I was obsessed with everything and anything; I wanted to learn everything, to read everything, to do everything. I was constantly on sensory overload. I'd hoard dozens of books in my second-grade cubby, and literally try to read two at a time, side by side.
Quote examples
Joss Whedon
American Writer
Everybody who labels themselves a 'nerd' isn't some giant person locked in a cubbyhole who's never seen the opposite sex. Especially with the way the Internet is now, I think that definition is getting a little more diffuse.
Quote examples
Vivek Wadhwa
Indian Businessman
I advise all of the entrepreneurs that I know to attend at least one entrepreneurship event every week. The worst thing an entrepreneur can do is to confine his or herself to a cubby hole.
Quote examples
Hallie Jackson
American Journalist
It's a little stressful to put down your phone in a little cubby and spend an hour with a barre teacher, but like, you know that it's good for you.
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