carrel

or car·rell

[ kar-uhl ]
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noun
  1. Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.

  2. a table or desk with three sides extending above the writing surface to serve as partitions, designed for individual study, as in a library.

Origin of carrel

1
1585–95; variant spelling of carol enclosure

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Other definitions for Carrel (2 of 2)

Carrel
[ kuh-rel, kar-uhl; French ka-rel ]

noun
  1. A·lex·is [uh-lek-sis; French a-lek-see], /əˈlɛk sɪs; French a lɛkˈsi/, 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, in U.S. 1905–39: Nobel Prize 1912.

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How to use carrel in a sentence

  • Well, one becomes a minister, carrel remained a journalist; the incomplete but craftier man is living; carrel is dead.

    Z. Marcas | Honore de Balzac
  • carrel fought a duel with M. de Girardin, and died forty-eight hours later as the result of the wounds he received.

  • The loss of carrel was deeply felt, and his funeral was attended by multitudes of the Parisians.

    Paris: With Pen and Pencil | David W. Bartlett
  • It was at this time that he had his sad and fatal quarrel with Armand carrel—a brother editor.

    Paris: With Pen and Pencil | David W. Bartlett
  • Young Maquignaz turned sharply to him and exclaimed: carrel nest pas tomb!

British Dictionary definitions for carrel (1 of 2)

carrel

carrell

/ (ˈkærəl) /


noun
  1. a small individual study room or private desk, often in a library, where a student or researcher can work undisturbed

Origin of carrel

1
C16: a variant of carol

British Dictionary definitions for Carrel (2 of 2)

Carrel

/ (kəˈrɛl, ˈkærəl, French karɛl) /


noun
  1. 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

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