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Booth![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Booth \Booth\ (b[=oo][th]), n. [OE. bothe; cf. Icel. b[=u][eth],
Dan. & Sw. bod, MHG. buode, G. bude, baude; from the same
root as AS. b[=u]an to dwell, E. boor, bower, be; cf. Bohem.
bauda, Pol. buda, Russ. budka, Lith. buda, W. bwth, pl.
bythod, Gael. buth, Ir. both.]
1. A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight
materials, for temporary occupation. --Camden.
[1913 Webster]
2. A covered stall or other temporary structure in a fair, or
market, or at a polling place.
[1913 Webster]
3. a partly enclosed area within a room for use of one or a
small number of people, such as one in a restaurant having
a table and seats, or one at an exhibition containing a
display of products from one organization.
[PJC]
4. a small structure designed for the use of one person
performing a special activity; as, a telephone booth; a
highway toll booth; a projection booth; a guard booth.
[PJC]
Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
booth
n 1: a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-
backed benches
2: small area set off by walls for special use [syn: booth,
cubicle, stall, kiosk]
3: United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln
(1838-1865) [syn: Booth, John Wilkes Booth]
4: a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 36 Moby Thesaurus words for "booth": Nissen hut, Quonset hut, box, cavity, cell, cellule, chamber, compartment, crib, crypt, cubicle, enclosed space, gatehouse, hold, hole, hollow, hut, hutch, kiosk, lean-to, manger, news kiosk, newsstand, outbuilding, outhouse, pavilion, pew, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, stall, stand, tollbooth, tollhouse, vault Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary Booth a hut made of the branches of a tree. In such tabernacles Jacob sojourned for a season at a place named from this circumstance Succoth (Gen. 33:17). Booths were erected also at the feast of Tabernacles (q.v.), Lev. 23:42, 43, which commemorated the abode of the Israelites in the wilderness. Matching Word(s) Both Boot Blooth Boothy Sooth Tooth Broth Boodh Boots Booty both boot sooth tooth broth booty bootp Oboth BOOTY
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