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BOOTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small area set off by walls for special use
Synonyms:
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:
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)
