Usually means: Small compartment for storing items.
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  1. cubbyhole: Merriam-Webster
  2. cubbyhole: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cubbyhole: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cubbyhole: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cubbyhole: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cubbyhole, cubbyhole: Wordnik
  7. cubbyhole: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cubbyhole: Wiktionary
  9. cubbyhole: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cubbyhole: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cubbyhole: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cubbyhole: Dictionary.com
  13. cubbyhole: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. cubbyhole: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Cubbyhole: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Cubbyhole: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. cubbyhole: Rhymezone
  18. Cubbyhole: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. cubbyhole: FreeDictionary.org
  20. cubbyhole: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. cubbyhole: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. cubbyhole: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. cubbyhole: Encyclopedia

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  1. cubbyhole: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. cubbyhole: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A small, snug room which may be used as a place of privacy and safety by children
▸ noun:  A small compartment; a pigeonhole
▸ noun:  A glove compartment
▸ verb:  To restrict, limit or narrowly define; to pigeonhole.

Similar:
cubby, snuggery, snug, pigeonhole, cubby house, cubicle, crib, cabin, closet, nookery, more...

Opposite:
open space, alcove, niche, nook

Adjectives:
little, small, tiny, dark, own, windowless, third, cozy, wonderful, private, cramped


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Similar:
cubby, snuggery, snug, pigeonhole, cubby house, cubicle, crib, cabin, closet, nookery, more...

Opposite:
open space, alcove, niche, nook

Adjectives:
little, small, tiny, dark, own, windowless, third, cozy, wonderful, private, cramped



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