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carrel
1[kar-uhl]
noun
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
a table or desk with three sides extending above the writing surface to serve as partitions, designed for individual study, as in a library.
Carrel
2[kuh-rel, kar-uhl, k
noun
Alexis 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, in U.S. 1905–39: Nobel Prize 1912.
Carrel
1/ ˈkærəl, kəˈrɛl, karɛl /
noun
Alexis (əˈlɛksɪs; French alɛksi). 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, active in the US (1905–39): developed a method of suturing blood vessels, making the transplantation of arteries and organs possible: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1912
carrel
2/ ˈkærəl /
noun
a small individual study room or private desk, often in a library, where a student or researcher can work undisturbed
Word History and Origins
Origin of Carrel1
Example Sentences
People with Type 2 diabetes dance and sing around their office carrels, tipping their hats to Jardiance.
Most passers-by are probably unaware that Irwin’s work once stood next to a jail, Huber said, and now on warm days, she spots students using the enclosures as outdoor library carrels.
You could call it ballet for the book club crowd: this spring’s library carrel’s worth of ballets based on literature, including two at the Kennedy Center.
They built the carrels from nontoxic materials durable enough to sustain the kind of frequent cleanings library workers do now, and in the crib, they installed a soft, vinyl mat made of health-care-grade materials.
He shares his remote refuge, a forgotten carrel on the 9th floor, with a woman with a distinct resemblance to Ozeki herself.
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