Synonyms of the word

cubicle

• n. A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room.
• n. A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing.
• n. A small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use.

alcove

• n. A small recessed area set off from a larger room.

bay

• n. (obsolete) A berry.
• n. Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
• n. The leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
• n. (in the plural, now rare) The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or…
• n. (US, dialect) A tract covered with bay trees.
• n. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
• n. (geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
• n. A bank or dam to keep back water.
• n. An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
• n. An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
• n. The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
• n. (nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
• n. (rail transport) A bay platform.
• n. A bay window.
• n. The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
• n. (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
• n. (figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become…
• v. (intransitive) To howl.
• v. (transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
• v. (transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
• adj. Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).
• n. A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
• n. A horse of this color.

booth

• n. A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
• n. An enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person.
• n. An enclosed table with seats, as in a diner or café.

carrel

• n. A partially partitioned space for studying or reading, often in a library.
• n. A quarrel, or square-headed arrow.

carrell

• n. Alternative form of carrel.

cell

• n. A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
• n. (now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
• n. A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
• n. Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
• n. (biology, now chiefly botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.
• n. (obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source…
• n. A section or compartment of a larger structure.
• n. (obsolete, chiefly literary) Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.
• n. A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
• n. A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of…
• n. (biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a…
• n. (meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
• n. (computing) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
• n. (card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
• n. A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.
• n. (communication) A short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode.
• n. (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
• n. (geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
• n. (statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
• n. (architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
• n. (architecture) A cella.
• n. (entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.
• v. (transitive) To place or enclose in a cell.
• n. (US, informal) A cellular phone.

closet

• n. (obsolete) Any private area, particularly bowers in the open air.
• n. (now rare) Any private or inner room, particularly.
• n. (obsolete) A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord.
• n. A private cabinet, particularly.
• n. (now chiefly Scotland, Ireland) Any small room or side-room, particularly.
• n. (heraldry) An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad.
• n. (Scotland, obsolete) A sewer.
• adj. (obsolete) Private.
• adj. Secret, particularly with reference to secret homosexuals in the closet.
• v. (transitive) To shut away for private discussion.
• v. (transitive) To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.
• v. (transitive) To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.

kiosk

• n. a small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to…
• n. a similar unattended stand for the automatic dispensation of tickets, etc.
• n. a Turkish garden pavilion.

room

• adj. (dialectal or obsolete) Wide; spacious; roomy.
• adv. (dialectal or obsolete) Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.
• adv. (nautical) Off from the wind.
• n. (now rare) Opportunity or scope (to do something).
• n. (uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
• n. (archaic) A particular portion of space.
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something.
• n. (nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
• n. (obsolete) Place; stead.
• n. (countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
• n. (countable) With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.
• n. (in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
• n. (always in the singular) The people in a room.
• n. (mining) An area for working in a coal mine.
• n. (caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
• n. (Internet, countable) A forum or chat room.
• n. Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
• v. (intransitive) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
• v. (transitive) To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.

stall

• n. (countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
• n. A stable; a place for cattle.
• n. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
• n. (countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market.
• n. A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.
• n. (countable) A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with…
• n. (aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded.
• n. (paganism and Heathenry) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial…
• n. A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
• n. A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
• n. A sheath to protect the finger.
• n. (mining) The space left by excavation between pillars.
• n. (Canada) A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
• v. (transitive) To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
• v. To fatten.
• v. (intransitive) To come to a standstill.
• v. (transitive) To cause to stop making progress, to hinder, to slow down, to delay or forestall.
• v. To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
• v. (intransitive, aeronautics) To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in total loss of lift.
• v. (obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.
• v. (obsolete) To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
• v. (obsolete) To be tired of eating, as cattle.
• v. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
• v. To forestall; to anticipate.
• v. To keep close; to keep secret.
• n. An action that is intended to cause or actually causes delay.
• v. (transitive) To employ delaying tactics against.
• v. (intransitive) To employ delaying tactics.