English Explanatory Dictionary

booth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
  2. A temporary shelter, often in the form of a tent, shed, or canopied structure.
  3. A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.
  4. An enclosed seating area consisting of a table next to a wall set between two high-backed benches, as in a diner or café.
  5. An enclosure for keeping animals.
  6. A recording studio.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A number of places:
  3. Synonym of Boothferry, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
  4. A hamlet north of Luddenden, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0427).
  5. An unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama, United States.
  6. An extinct town in Pike County, Missouri, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.

Pronunciation

/buːð/ /buːθ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-booth.wav /buθ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-booth.wav /bʉθ/ /bʉð/

Word forms

booth booths beeth

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.

Synonyms

Boothferry East Riding of Yorkshire England

Related words

kiosk stall stand

Derived words

booth babe boother boothette boothless boothlike boothman boothmate bothy buddy booth confession booth control booth forebooth kissing booth phone booth photo booth polling booth recording booth sound booth suicide booth telebooth telephone booth ticket booth ticketbooth toll booth voting booth Boothian lemniscate of Booth oval of Booth
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