A booth is a small area separated from a larger public area by screens or thin walls where, for example, people can make a phone call or vote in private.
I called her from a public phone booth near the entrance to the bar.
In Darlington, queues formed at some polling booths.
Synonyms: cubicle, cell, bay, chamber More Synonyms of booth
2. countable noun
A booth in a restaurant or café consists of a table with long fixed seats on two or sometimes three sides of it.
They sat in a corner booth, away from other diners.
3. countable noun
A booth is a small tent or stall, usually at a fair, in which you can buy goods or watch some form of entertainment.
4. countable noun
A booth is a stall at an exhibition, for example with a display of goods for sale or with information leaflets.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use stand
booth in British English
(buːð, buːθ)
nounWord forms: pluralbooths (buːðz)
1.
a stall for the display or sale of goods, esp a temporary one at a fair or market
2.
a small enclosed or partially enclosed room or cubicle, such as one containing a telephone (telephone booth) or one in which a person casts his or her vote at an election (polling booth)
3.
two long high-backed benches with a long table between, used esp in bars and inexpensive restaurants
4.
(formerly) a temporary structure for shelter, dwelling, storage, etc
Word origin
C12: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse buth, Swedish, Danish bod shop, stall; see bower1
Booth in British English
(buːð)
noun
1.
Edwin Thomas, son of Junius Brutus Booth. 1833–93, US actor
2.
John Wilkes, son of Junius Brutus Booth. 1838–65, US actor; assassin of Abraham Lincoln
3.
Junius Brutus (ˈdʒuːnɪəs ˈbruːtəs). 1796–1852, US actor, born in England
4.
William. 1829–1912, British religious leader; founder and first general of the Salvation Army (1878)
Booth in American English
(buθ)
1.
ˈBallington (ˈbælɪŋtən) 1859-1940; founder of Volunteers of America (1896): son of William
2.
Edwin (Thomas)1833-93; U.S. actor: son of Junius Brutus
3.
ˈEvangeline Cory (ˈkɔri) 1865-1950; U.S. general of Salvation Army, born in England: daughter of William
4.
John Wilkes (wɪlks) 1838-65; U.S. actor: assassin of Abraham Lincoln: son of Junius Brutus
5.
ˈJunius Brutus (ˈdʒunjəs) ; ˈdʒuniəs) 1796-1852; U.S. actor, born in England
6.
William1829-1912; Eng. revivalist: founder of the Salvation Army (1865)
booth in American English
(buθ; Chiefly British buð)
nounWord forms: pluralbooths (buθs; buðz)
1.
a temporary shed or shelter
2.
a stall for the sale or display of goods, as at markets and fairs
3.
a small temporary structure or enclosure for voting at elections
4.
a small permanent structure or enclosure to house a sentry, public telephone, etc.
5.
a small, partially enclosed compartment with a table and seats, as in some restaurants
Word origin
ME both < ON buth, temporary dwelling < bua, to prepare: see bondage
Examples of 'booth' in a sentence
booth
There were hugely long queues outside polling booths in some of the most strongly Latino areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Our information booth will direct you to a good one.
Christianity Today (2000)
You can receive return calls at telephone booths.
Delaforce, Patrick Collins Traveller, Brittany (1993)
Going into a bar that has booths and one being free.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There was a large turnout and in some areas insurgents guarded polling booths.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Ba found a room but knew another immigrant who lived in a telephone booth.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The weather could help decide the verdict by keeping voters from polling booths.
The Sun (2015)
She would sneak in through a side door and eat in a corner booth because she wore slacks.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Tourist companies and associations have pledged to supply buses from more remote resorts to the improvised polling booths.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The maître d' puts me in a corner booth.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Probably because their voters won't make it to the polling booth in time.
The Sun (2015)
No more than one polar bear in a polling booth at a time, please.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Book ahead to snag one of the booths in the restaurant, and opt for a luxury room.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A woman was serving in one of the booths.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Its booking offices and shops and telephone booths and massive concrete roof and pillars just weren't there any more.
Joan Rice Sand In My Shoes: Wartime Diaries of a WAAF (2006)
It is also, cannily, opening instant ticket booths near the public screens.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Russian woman, stranger, speaking in glass telephone booth.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
He will climb into a pressurised compartment the size of a telephone booth to rise under a helium balloon to a height of just under 25 miles.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We slid into one of the booths that surrounded a long, central, white table with eight empty seats either side of it.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Beside the DJ booth, a small folding table is set up.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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In other languages
booth
British English: booth NOUN
A booth is a small area separated from a larger public area by screens or thin walls.
I called her from a public phone booth near the hotel.
American English: booth
Brazilian Portuguese: cabine
Chinese: 小隔间 > 如公用电话亭、投票间
European Spanish: cabina
French: cabine
German: Zelle
Italian: cabina
Japanese: >ブース仕切りや壁で区切られた
Korean: 부스
European Portuguese: cabine
Latin American Spanish: cabina
All related terms of 'booth'
booth-babe
an attractive woman hired to draw attendees of commercial exhibitions into promotional booths
phone booth
A phone booth is a place in a station, hotel, or other public building where there is a public telephone.
photo booth
a cubicle or small room in which a person sits to have their photograph taken by a machine
polling booth
Polling booths are the places where people go to vote in an election.
ticket booth
the booth where tickets for the theatre , cinema , public transport, etc, are sold
voting booth
a semi-enclosed space in which a voter stands to mark a ballot paper during an election
telephone booth
A telephone booth is a place in a public building where there is a telephone that can be used by the public.
projection booth
a small chamber , as in a theater, from which images on film, slides , etc. are projected
Chinese translation of 'booth'
booth
(buːð)
n(c)
(for telephoning) 隔开(開)的小间(間) (gékāi de xiǎojiān)
(for voting) 投票站 (tóupiàozhàn) (个(個), gè)
(at fair) 摊(攤)子 (tānzi) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
a small partially enclosed cubicle
In Darlington, queues form at some polling booths.
Synonyms
cubicle
cell
They took her back to the cell, and just left her there.
bay
Hundreds of rolls of fabric were stacked in the loading bay.
chamber
We shall dine together in my chamber.
niche
Perhaps I will find my niche in a desk job.
alcove
There were bookshelves in the alcove beside the fire.
pigeonhole
There was a message waiting for me in the hotel pigeonhole.
cubbyhole
Back in her cubbyhole of an office, Nina sat down at her desk.
carrel
Additional synonyms
in the sense of alcove
Definition
a recess in the wall of a room
There were bookshelves in the alcove beside the fire.
Synonyms
recess,
corner,
bay,
niche,
bower,
compartment,
cubicle,
nook,
cubbyhole
in the sense of bay
Definition
a recess in a wall
Hundreds of rolls of fabric were stacked in the loading bay.
Synonyms
recess,
opening,
corner,
niche,
compartment,
nook,
alcove,
embrasure
in the sense of cell
Definition
a small simple room in a prison, convent, or monastery
They took her back to the cell, and just left her there.