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booth

//buːð//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for booth

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Forms

Plural
booths

Definitions

  1. 1.A small stall for the display and sale of goods.

    • Where's the nearest telephone booth?
  2. 2.An enclosed seating area consisting of a table next to a wall set between two high-backed benches, as in a diner or café.

    • Where's the nearest telephone booth?
  3. 3.An enclosure for keeping animals.

    • Where's the nearest telephone booth?
  4. 4.A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.

    • Where's the nearest telephone booth?

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4714

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bothe, from Old East Norse *bóð, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō, *būþiz, *buþǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

Compare Middle Low German bôde, Middle Dutch boede, German Bude.

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