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Definition of booth noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

booth

noun
 
/buːð/
 
/buːθ/
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  1. a small place with walls or sides where you can do something privately, for example vote, record sound or make a phone call
    • a polling/voting booth
    • a recording booth
    • a phone booth
    see also photo booth, tollboothTopics Buildingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • DJ
    • photo
    • tanning
    preposition
    • in a/​the booth
    See full entry
  2. a small room where a seller sits separated from customers by a window
    • a ticket/an information booth
  3. a small tent or temporary structure at a market, an exhibition or a fairground, where you can buy things, get information or watch something
    • The stalls and booths were doing a brisk trade.
  4. a place to sit in a restaurant which consists of two long seats with a table between themTopics Cooking and eatingc2
  5. (North American English) a place in a sports ground, theatre, etc. where the people who introduce or describe an event for radio or television sit
    • the announcer's/announce/announcing booth
    • Sportsnet has announced that Bob Cole will return to the broadcast booth for his final season of calling National Hockey League games.
    compare commentary box
  6. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘temporary dwelling or shelter’): from Old Norse buth, based on búa ‘dwell’.
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