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booth.

A small stall for the display and sale of goods.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/buːð/Received-Pronunciation/buːθ/Received-Pronunciation/buθ/General-American/bʉθ/Scotland
  1. A small stall for the display and sale of goods.

  2. A temporary shelter, often in the form of a tent, shed, or canopied structure.

    dated
  3. A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.

  4. An enclosed seating area consisting of a table next to a wall set between two high-backed benches, as in a diner or café.

  5. An enclosure for keeping animals.

  6. A recording studio.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Germanic *būaną Proto-Germanic *bōþō Old Norse búð Old East Norse *bóðbor. Middle English bothe English booth Inherited from Middle English bothe, from Old East Norse *bóð, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō, *būþiz, *buþǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Compare Middle Low German bôde, Middle Dutch boede, German Bude.

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