booth

¹ American  

[booth] / buθ /

noun

plural

booths

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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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

Example Sentences

Mercurial and unreliable in the studio, Stewart would sometimes fall asleep on the couch during recording sessions or lie down in the vocal booth.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last year two women became critically ill at an antiaging conference in Las Vegas after they received peptide injections at a booth run by a California-based doctor known for promoting alternative therapies.

From The Wall Street Journal

They have also called for transforming the Strait of Hormuz—an international waterway where free navigation is guaranteed under international law—into an Iranian toll booth controlling one-third of the world’s shipborne crude oil.

From The Wall Street Journal

I stood up, stumbled out of the booth, and left the Joynt.

From Literature

“Excuse me,” she says quietly, before dropping her napkin onto the table and sliding out of the booth.

From Literature

Related Words

• box
• corner
• counter
• cubicle
• hut
• pew
• stall