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Booth

//buːθ// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A number of places:; Synonym of Boothferry, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
  3. 3
    A number of places:; A hamlet north of Luddenden, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0427).
  4. 4
    A number of places:; An unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama, United States.
  5. 5
    A number of places:; An extinct town in Pike County, Missouri, United States.
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  1. 6
    A number of places:; An unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
  2. 2
    small area set off by walls for special use wordnet
  3. 3
    A temporary shelter, often in the form of a tent, shed, or canopied structure. dated

    "When Gro came to the Witches’ booths he found them guarded even as the Red Foliot had said, and the booths of them of Demonland in like manner. So went he into the royal booth where the King lay in state on a bier of spear-shafts, robed in his kingly robes over his armour that was painted black and inlaid with gold, and the crown of Witchland on his head."

  4. 4
    a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment wordnet
  5. 5
    A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.
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  1. 6
    a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches wordnet
  2. 7
    An enclosed seating area consisting of a table next to a wall set between two high-backed benches, as in a diner or café.

    "Sitting in one of the booths (with table and comfy seats) in the open plan ground floor reception, Network Rail Business Change Manager Sarah Newman explains how NR had been eyeing up the building in late 2024, with work starting on site in August 2025."

  3. 8
    An enclosure for keeping animals.
  4. 9
    A recording studio. slang

Etymology

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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