kiosk

[ kee-osk, kee-osk ]

noun

1. a small structure having one or more sides open, used as a newsstand, refreshment stand, bandstand, etc.
2. a thick, columnlike structure on which notices, advertisements, etc., are posted.
3. an interactive computer terminal available for public use, as one with internet access or site-specific information:

   Students use kiosks to look up campus events.

4. an open pavilion or summerhouse common in Turkey and Iran.
5. British. a telephone booth.

kiosk

/ ˈkiːɒsk /

noun

1. a small sometimes movable booth from which cigarettes, newspapers, light refreshments, etc, are sold
2. a telephone box
3. a thick post on which advertisements are posted
4. (in Turkey, Iran, etc, esp formerly) a light open-sided pavilion

Word History and Origins

Origin of kiosk¹

First recorded in 1615–25; from French kiosque “stand in a public park,” ultimately from Turkish köşk “villa,” from Persian kūshk “palace, villa”

Word History and Origins

Origin of kiosk¹

C17: from French kiosque bandstand, from Turkish kösk, from Persian kūshk pavilion

Example Sentences

Ticket holders can even buy drinks and merchandise at kiosks.

From Washington Post

As soon as the fair started, I scanned the room checking out the titles at each kiosk.

From Search Engine Land

In addition, Google held one of their Product Fairs where Googlers set up kiosks showing off projects they are working on.

From Search Engine Land

Now a service-dog handler will be able to check in online or at a kiosk, just like any other passenger, with the same time requirements.

From Outside Online

The company is bringing together these three channels in what it is calling MyMcDonald’s—an experience that includes elements like mobile ordering and digital menu boards and kiosks.

From Fortune

In May, Daugaard traveled to neighboring Minnesota to open a kiosk in the Mall of America to attract workers to his state.

From The Daily Beast

A secret trap door in the kiosk below the clock leads to a spiral staircase down to the lower level info booth.

From The Daily Beast

Maybe he chose the elementary school in part because the high-school entrance has a security kiosk manned by a guard.

From The Daily Beast

Upon your return, an officer from Customs and Border Protection directs you to a kiosk that looks like an ATM.

From The Daily Beast

A border kiosk, however, may be worth consideration, he says.

From The Daily Beast

But Momoy had attended the wedding, so his posthumous emotion can be appreciated: he had been near the kiosk.

From Project Gutenberg

He stepped out of a kiosk onto an upper deck, thirty feet above the surface.

From Project Gutenberg

A veritable kiosk of dreamland now, which one feels is about to disappear for ever under these waters which will subside no more!

From Project Gutenberg

No doubt, round their Kiosk there are crowds all day, in roars of laughter, at the chaffing perpetually going on.

From Project Gutenberg

They embraced and kissed each other, and the sister led the brother up into the kiosk, and had his horse taken to a stable.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• booth
• newsstand
• stall