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

Do Not Ignore the Stuff in the House Decades’ worth of furniture, jewelry, art, collectibles, family records, and photographs, including those stored in boxes in the basement (and in my dad’s case, in cubbies all over the house), also need to be addressed. —Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026

The sliding cabinet door rotates a full 360 degrees and opens to reveal cubbies for keeping remotes, books, and other essentials tidy. —Jacqueline Tempera, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2026

Skip the cubbies on the left or right side of the closet. —Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2026

But storage is plentiful, with clever cubbies and bins throughout the cabin. —New Atlas, 3 May 2026

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