Cube

nounShop talkShop Slang

A small partitioned workspace in an open-plan office environment.

A modular office workstation enclosed by low fabric or plastic partitions rather than full walls. In industrial environments, these are often set up on the shop floor or in adjacent administrative areas for supervisors, planners and engineers. They offer minimal privacy and zero soundproofing from the surrounding machinery.

Heard on the job

Take those schematics over to the engineering cube and see if they can authorize a substitution.

Also heard as

  • cubicle