Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small, temporary structure used for selling goods, providing services, or entertainment: A booth is often a small, enclosed or semi-enclosed stall at a market, fair, or exhibition.
   • A small enclosed or partially enclosed area for a specific purpose: This can include a voting booth, a telephone booth, or a projection booth.
   • A seating arrangement in a restaurant or bar: A booth typically consists of a table fixed between two high-backed benches, often built into a wall or partition for privacy.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • She bought a handmade necklace from a craft booth at the summer fair.
  • Please enter the voting booth and mark your ballot in private.
  • We prefer to sit in a booth at the diner because it's more comfortable than the chairs.

Advanced Usage

• "to man a booth": to be the person working at or operating a booth.
  • I volunteered to man the information booth during the conference.
• "photo booth": a small enclosed machine or kiosk where people can take passport-style or fun photographs automatically.
  • They took silly pictures in the photo booth at the wedding reception.

Variants and Related Words

• Telephone booth (n): A small enclosed structure containing a public telephone.
  • He stepped into the telephone booth to make a call.
• Toll booth (n): A booth where a fee is collected for the use of a road or bridge.
  • We slowed down to pay at the toll booth.

Synonyms

• Stall: A stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market.
• Kiosk: A small open-fronted hut or cubicle from which newspapers, refreshments, or tickets are sold.
• Cubicle: A small partitioned-off area of a room, for example, for changing clothes or taking a shower.

Related Phrases

• "to be in the booth": to be working or situated inside a specific booth (e.g., a broadcast booth, DJ booth).
  • The radio host is in the booth recording the show.

Noun

1. a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment
2. United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)
3. small area set off by walls for special use
4. a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches