Jump To:

• booth
  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.

---

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.

---

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)

---

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

---

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

See Examples For:

booth Booth booths

Some stars of the show, a financial-world drama featuring hard-partying Londoners, spent parts of the night on the main dance floor and behind the DJ booth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Romo, a former four-time Pro Bowl quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, has been booth partners with play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz since 2017.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

It had a DJ booth and the branding “House of OB” behind it, according to pictures of the event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

On another occasion she said a man had to be removed from the booth three times before returning and scrolling through the USB containing her music.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

He was meant to be the toll booth, taking a little from buyers and sellers as they passed through his trading books.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

"For the better half of seven years, since the Kissing Booth came out, Jacob Elordi has carried my dating career," he laughed.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

They were surfing a perfectly re-created Y2K-era internet, and navigating an early version of Apple’s Photo Booth to snap selfies with a first-generation iSight webcam.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Booth posted a video of himself on James's social media accounts, speaking in a deep gravelly voice and wrapped in a large poncho.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Mike Booth, a UAW vice president and former Fain ally, told The Wall Street Journal he now supports Boyer because he feels some of Fain’s staff have acted unethically.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Instead, unbelievably, while Booth and his gang lay in wait on the road on the outskirts of the city, Lincoln was giving a speech at Booth’s own hotel, the National!

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

There’s also notable work to be found in the Presents section of the fair, which highlights young galleries showing solo- and dual-artist booths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

In one of the hub's booths, a woman discussed her situation with Lyle.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Two years later, he joined his father, Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame member Jack Buck, in the radio and booths for the big-league Cardinals’ games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Detainees at the now-shuttered immigration facility in Florida known as "Alligator Alcatraz" were held at times in metal cages the size of phone booths, according to a new report.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

White tented booths for a farmers’ market lined the sidewalk in front and wrapped around the corner.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Related Words

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