kiosk
noun/ˈkiːɒsk/
/ˈkiːɑːsk/
- a small shop, open at the front, where newspapers, drinks, etc. are sold. In some countries kiosks also sell food and things used in the home. synonym stand
- I bought a paper from the kiosk across the road.
- She stopped at a newspaper kiosk to pick up a copy of ‘Private Eye’.
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- a small structure in a public area used for providing information, showing advertisements or providing a service, typically via a computer screen
- a digital information kiosk
- Passengers can use the touch-screen kiosks to receive a boarding pass.
- (British English, old-fashioned) a public phone boxTopics Phones, email and the internetc2 synonym booth
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘pavilion’): from French kiosque, from Turkish köşk ‘pavilion’, from Persian kuš.
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