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  booth

  noun

  a stall, compartment, or light structure for the sale of goods or for display purposes, as at a market, exhibition, or fair.
• Booth
  Booth

  noun

  Ballington 1859–1940, founder of the Volunteers of America 1896 (son of William Booth).

booth

¹ American  

[booth] / buθ /

noun

• booths
  plural

1. a stall, compartment, or light structure for the sale of goods or for display purposes, as at a market, exhibition, or fair.

2. a small compartment or boxlike room for a specific use by one occupant.

   The customs officer came out of his booth as we drove up.

   There aren’t many telephone booths around anymore.

3. a small, temporary structure used by voters at elections.

4. a partly enclosed compartment or partitioned area, as in a restaurant or music store, equipped for a specific use by one or more persons.

5. a temporary structure of any material, as boughs, canvas, or boards, used especially for shelter; shed.

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Booth ² American  

[booth, booth] / buθ, buð /

noun

1. Ballington 1859–1940, founder of the Volunteers of America 1896 (son of William Booth).

2. Edwin Thomas, 1833–93, U.S. actor (brother of John Wilkes Booth).

3. Evangeline Cory 1865?–1950, general of the Salvation Army 1934–39 (daughter of William Booth).

4. John Wilkes, 1838–65, U.S. actor: assassin of Abraham Lincoln (brother of Edwin Thomas Booth).

5. Junius Brutus, 1796–1852, English actor (father of Edwin and John Booth).

6. William General Booth, 1829–1912, English religious leader: founder of the Salvation Army 1865.

7. William Bramwell 1856–1929, general of the Salvation Army (son of William Booth).

8. a male given name.

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Booth ¹ British  

/ 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)

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booth ² British  

/ buːð, buːθ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• booths
  plural

Etymology

Origin of booth

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English bōthe, from Old Norse būth (compare Old Danish bōth booth); cognate with German Bude

Explanation

A booth is a temporary table, tent, or area that you set up in order to sell something. You might have a cupcake booth at a school craft fair, for example. You might stop at an information booth in a tourist town, or or shop for records at a music booth in your local flea market. You can use the noun booth for any small, impermanent stall, kiosk, or stand. Another kind of booth is the cozy, private seating area at a restaurant that often has high walls and benches around a table. Booth has an Old Norse origin, the word buth, which is rooted in búa, or "dwell."

Example Sentences

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She said people should understand that DJs are working and that entering a booth without permission can be intimidating and potentially dangerous.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

In line with the sometimes defiant sense of local "Ossie pride", Siegmund has often ridden the iconic local Simson bike, including to the polling booth Sunday in his hometown of Tangermuende.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

The brick triangle-roofed church that held the booth has stood since opening in 1892; that night, it was the site of a masquerade, or as Riverside artist Perry Picasshoe called it, the “Masqueerade.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The telephone lines had gone down, I couldn’t reach him nor he me, but that afternoon he got through, from a phone booth in Brooklyn, a line of students waiting behind him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

I slide out of the booth before he can stop me.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

David Booth launched his investing firm 45 years ago, from his Brooklyn Heights apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Booth discussed why market uncertainty is a good thing, the “miracle” of modern investing access, and why he’s optimistic about the future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

He’ll soon be appearing in David Fincher’s still-untitled sequel to “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood,” which sees Brad Pitt reprising his Oscar-winning role as Cliff Booth, with a script from Quentin Tarantino.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Manchester indie band James have been forced to pull out of their headline set at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival after frontman Tim Booth lost his voice.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Should I go back down to the theater and risk missing her or stay where I was and hope I saw Booth before she did?

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

In summer months, the market’s vendors and booths take up about 40% of public street parking in the civic center area, Myerhoff added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

“I was there at the start of the mobile phone revolution,” she told me, recalling her time at Qualcomm when her team believed that mobile phones would eventually replace all phone booths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

As polling booths closed, Hong was overwhelmingly favored on betting markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026

She has now secured at least £12.5 million for a Music in Libraries initiative - co-designed by Sheeran - which will pay for recording booths, mixing desks and other equipment.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

In official games, the players step inside these booths to ensure that everything is exactly fair for both teams: equal temperature differences; air pressure; Link calibrations; connection to Warcross; and so on.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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