booth
/buːð
/ /buːθ /noun
1A small temporary tent or structure at a market, fair, or exhibition, used for selling goods, providing information, or staging shows.They set up temporary information booths at every village....
- The market opened 100 booths selling South Korean clothes on 2,600 square meters of floor last August.
- The exhibition booths show off everything from jewellery to furniture, from paintings to gourmet delicacies, from beauty and aromatherapy products to sculpture.
Synonyms
stall, stand, kiosk, trading post;
counter, table
2An enclosed compartment that allows privacy, for example when telephoning, voting, or sitting in a restaurant.In the middle of the Mojave Desert is a phone booth housing the sole telephone for 16 miles in any direction....
- Wi-fi providers have targeted a growing number of potential venues within which to establish access points, including hotels, airports, phone booths and restaurants.
- I phoned Henning late that night in a phone booth near the restaurant.
Synonyms
cubicle, kiosk, box, compartment, enclosure, cupboard, carrel, cubbyhole;
cabin, hut;
alcove, bay, recess
Origin
Middle English (in the sense 'temporary dwelling or shelter'): from Old Norse buth, based on búa 'dwell'.
Rhymes
- by (or on) request
- by (or through) the back door
- by (or with) your leave
- by ourselves
- by parol
- bypass
- bypath
- byplay
- bypoll
- by-product
- BYR
- Byrd, Charlie
- Byrd, Richard
- Byrd, Robert Carlyle
- Byrds
- Byrd, William
- byre
- by reason of
- by return (of post)
- by rights
- Byrnes, James Francis
- byrnie
- byroad
- Byron, George Gordon
- Byronic