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Definition: Cubbyhole |
CubbyholeNoun1. A small compartment. 2. A small secluded room. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A niche cut in the rib or wall of an underground mine for the storage ofexplosives or detonators. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CubbyholeSynonyms: cubby (n), pigeonhole (n), snug (n), snuggery (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Attic, loft, garret, clerestory; cellar, vault, hold, cockpit; cubbyhole; cook house; entre-sol; mezzanine floor; ground floor, rez-de-chaussee; basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices; storeroom; (depository); lumber room; dairy, laundry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Cubbyhole" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cubbyhole" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 19 | 80,337 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cubbyhole | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cubbyhole"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dhomëz (chamber, compartment, crib, cubicle, cuddy). (various references) | |
Arabic | مكان مقفل, صندوق صغير. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | уютно местенце, бърлога (delve, den, hole, house, lair, pandemonium, retreat, sanctum). (various references) | |
Czech | místnùstka, kumbálek, šámbr séparé. (various references) | |
Farsi | محوطه کوچک ومحصور, لانه کبوتر (Pigenhole). (various references) | |
German | Kämmerchen. (various references) | |
Greek | μικρόσ κλειστόσ τόποσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | תא קטן. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kellemes kis zug, kamrácska (cubby-hole), kamra (berth, closet, compartment, header, larder, still-room, subdivision, thalamus, ventricle). (various references) | |
Manx | kyaghag. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ubbyholecay.(various references) | |
Russian | уютное местечко. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ostava (goods-sheds, keeping room, larder, pantry). (various references) | |
Spanish | cuchitril (Cubby, den, hole, hovel), chiribitil (Cubby). (various references) | |
Swedish | krypin (den, nest). (various references) | |
Turkish | küçük oda (closet, Cubby), göz (blinker, cell, compartment, Cubby, cubicle, cuddy, drawer, eye, eyehole, glim, ocular, ophthalmic, optic, optical, opto-, orb, orbit, orbital, peeper, sight). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кімнатка (cabinet). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cubbyhole": cubbyholes. (additional references) | |
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"Cubbyhole" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cubyhole. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cubbyhole" (pronounced ku"bēhō'l) |
| 3 | -h ō' l | buttonhole, foxhole, keyhole, loophole, manhole, pigeonhole, pinhole, posthole, pothole, sinkhole. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-c-e-h-l-o-u-y" | |
-3 letters: boucle, chubby, clubby, cobble, hobble, hubbly, louche. | |
-4 letters: belch, bluey, boche, boule, chyle, cobby, coble, cubby, cubeb, hobby, holey, hoyle, hubby, lobby. | |
-5 letters: bleb, blob, bloc, blub, blue, bole, bubo, buhl, bulb, buoy, chub, cloy, club, clue, cobb, cole, coly, cube, echo, helo, hole, holy, lech, lobe, loch, lube, luce, obey, ouch, yech. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-c-e-h-l-o-u-y" | |
+1 letter: cubbyholes. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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