/ English Dictionary

BOOTH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small area set off by walls for special use

Synonyms:

booth; cubicle; kiosk; stall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("booth" is a kind of...):

closet (a small private room for study or prayer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "booth"):

confessional (a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions)

polling booth (a temporary booth in a polling place which people enter to cast their votes)

prompt box; prompter's box (a booth projecting above the floor in the front of a stage where the prompter sits; opens toward the performers on stage)

shower bath; shower stall (booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom)

call box; phone booth; telephone booth; telephone box; telephone kiosk (booth for using a telephone)

tolbooth; tollbooth; tollhouse (a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls)

voting booth (a booth in which a person can cast a private vote)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("booth" is a kind of...):

shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "booth"):

sales booth; stall; stand (a booth where articles are displayed for sale)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("booth" is a kind of...):

table (a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs)

Sense 4

Meaning:

United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)

Synonyms:

Booth; John Wilkes Booth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

assassin; assassinator; bravo (a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed)

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