cubby

noun

cub·​by ˈkə-bē 

plural cubbies

US

: a small, snug place (as for hiding or storage) : cubbyhole

Each boy on coming in gives his name, pays six cents, gets a key, and puts away his hat, books, and jacket (if he has 'em) in his own cubby for the night.

—Madeleine B. Stern

The room was little more than a cubby choked with wires, splitters, routers, and electronic boxes. You would have said there was no room for a man.

—Stephen King

Examples of cubby in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Mudrooms for busy families often include various forms of storage, such as cubbies, a coat closet, storage benches, and other tools for housing outerwear, sports equipment, and the like. —Sarah Lyon, Architectural Digest, 30 Apr. 2025

There are four cubbies, which one shopper noted are the ideal height to fit water bottles. —Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025

During yoga class, someone went into cubbies and stole multiple credit cards. —Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025

At Apex Legends Global Series Year 4, the teams are housed in a massive rectangular structure that resembles a high-tech take on elementary school cubbies. —Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

obsolete English cub pen, from Dutch kub fish basket; akin to Old English cofa den

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cubby

• chubby
• grubby
• hubby
• scrubby
• shrubby
• stubby
• tubby