Explore Cubby through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like cubbyhole or snug. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Cubby meaning
- A small, confined space.
- A cell in a shelf for storing items, particularly in a school.
Using Cubby
- The main meaning on this page is: A small, confined space. | A cell in a shelf for storing items, particularly in a school.
- Useful related words include: cubbyhole, snuggery, snug, room.
- In the example corpus, cubby often appears in combinations such as: the cubby, cubby house, cubby hole.
Context around Cubby
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cubby
- In this selection, "cubby" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, centre, house, past, house, hole and holes stand out and add context to how "cubby" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include childhood centre cubby house on and a covered cubby that slides. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cubby" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cubby
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What is that little moldy electronics box in the cubby? (10 words)
The room included a storage shelf with cubby holes for books and supplies. (13 words)
The alleged driver, 28-year-old Jordan Cubby, was also taken to hospital. (13 words)
The suit revolves around an incident that happened in November 2016 in which the lawsuit says Nancy Shuey grabbed her 4-year-old student by the arm, dragged him across the floor, forcefully placed him in a cubby and blocked him from escaping. (43 words)
Jill wasn’t the first subordinate Schatan dated, nor the first to make claims in court about his behavior: During his tenure at Cubby Bear, he allegedly physically abused another employee with whom he had a personal relationship. (38 words)
The four early education centres - Acton Early Childhood Centre, Cubby House on Campus, University Preschool and Child Care Centre, and Heritage Early Childhood Centre - pay staff above the award rate and come together for professional development. (36 words)
What is that little moldy electronics box in the cubby? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bongino also demonstrated how it is virtually impossible for someone to put a bag of cocaine in a White House cubby, lock it inside, and not leave any trace of fingerprints or DNA.
Police drove past Cubby, who had got out of her vehicle and crossed the road to a waiting car.
The Parkes Rotary Club has held another successful Cubby House Raffle at the end of 2022 and they're thrilled to announce its latest winners.
Use Cubby Mini Mite with a crappie nibble or Gulp Minnow on a size 4 Aberdeen hook.
Acton Early Childhood Centre, Cubby House on Campus, University Preschool and Child Care Centre and Heritage Early Childhood Centre are the four centres set to have their licences expire in six months.
Termed the “second-row slide-out center console” in literature, this is essentially a covered cubby that slides out from the back of the center console.
The four early education centres - Acton Early Childhood Centre, Cubby House on Campus, University Preschool and Child Care Centre, and Heritage Early Childhood Centre - pay staff above the award rate and come together for professional development.
This includes the flip and fold cover on the centre console storage cubby hole which mirrors that of an iPad.
Verve Motion sells SafeLift as part of a larger system featuring a wall of lockers/cubby holes used to store and charge the exosuits.
The cubby contained possessions I wasn’t ready to part with at the time, but had no room for in my downsized living space.
The franchise's legendary producer Cubby Broccoli was not sure, and Bond author Ian Fleming felt that he neither looked like James Bond as described in the novels, nor had the required "refinement" for the part.
The room included a storage shelf with cubby holes for books and supplies.
What is that little moldy electronics box in the cubby?
Campus Police reported there are no cameras facing the cubby hole in the Fitness Center.
Cells with higher metabolisms will use up more oxygen and will lower the blood oxygen level, a process which is monitored by a tiny oxygen sensor placed inside each cubby.
Jill wasn’t the first subordinate Schatan dated, nor the first to make claims in court about his behavior: During his tenure at Cubby Bear, he allegedly physically abused another employee with whom he had a personal relationship.
Plus, apps like the aforementioned GasBuddy, Fuel Finder, Gas Cubby and SmartFuel help you find the best fuel prices near you.
Schatan was eventually let go from Cubby Bear, in 2013, but Vranas says that it was simply because Loukas’s children were becoming more involved in the business and wanted to hire their own employees.
The alleged driver, 28-year-old Jordan Cubby, was also taken to hospital.
The suit revolves around an incident that happened in November 2016 in which the lawsuit says Nancy Shuey grabbed her 4-year-old student by the arm, dragged him across the floor, forcefully placed him in a cubby and blocked him from escaping.
Common combinations with cubby
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: