booth
Meaning
- A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
- (dated) A temporary shelter, often in the form of a tent, shed, or canopied structure.
- A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.
- An enclosed seating area consisting of a table next to a wall set between two high-backed benches, as in a diner or café.
- An enclosure for keeping animals.
- (slang) A recording studio.
Synonyms
temporary house
theater box
street stall
radio cell
show-booth
temporary shed
sales booth
daxk box
light-proof enclosure
camera bellows
obscure camera
light-tight box
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/buːð/
Etymology
In summary
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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