cubby-hole
81tight squeeze — Synonyms and related words: bind, broken fortune, close call, close shave, close squeak, closeness, clutch, complication, confinement, crowdedness, crunch, cubby, cubbyhole, difficulties, distress, doghouse, embarrassing position, embarrassment,… …
82bay — I n 1. harbor, cove, gulf, bight, basin, moorings; inlet, arm, sound, loch, fiord, Chiefly Scot. firth; estuary, mouth, Dial. creek. 2. hollow, valley, vale, dell, glen, dingle; recess, indentation, nook, enclosure. II n compartment, cubicle,… …
83hollow — adj 1. empty, unfilled, hollowed, not solid, not dense, excavated, drained, vacant, blank; depressed, concave, dented, indented, caved in, Inf. stoved in; incurved, incurving, incurvate, cupped, cup shaped, alveolate, alveolated; dipping, sunk,… …
84niche — n recess, alcove, cove, nook, cranny, hole, pigeonhole, cubby, cubbyhole, corner, Fr. coin. private spot or place …
85nook — n niche, recess, alcove, cove, cranny, hole, pigeonhole, cubby, cubbyhole, corner, private spot or place; burrow, den, lair, nest; cave, cavern, grotto, dugout, depression, cavity, retreat, shelter …
86cubbyhole — [kub′ē hōl΄] n. [dim. < Brit dial. cub, little shed (akin to MHG kobe, cage, stall: for IE base see COVE1) + HOLE] 1. a small, enclosed space or room that confines snugly or uncomfortably 2. a small, open compartment as in a desk; pigeonhole:… …
