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booth
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[buːθ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a small temporary tent or structure at a market, fair, or exhibition, used for selling goods, providing information, or staging shows
(e.g: several dozen booths offered a wide variety of foods, craft items, and business information)
- an enclosure or compartment that allows privacy or seclusion, for example when voting, broadcasting or recording sound, or making a phone call
(e.g: he installed a soundproof booth for private phone calls)
- a type of seating, typically in a restaurant or bar, consisting of two high-backed benches with a table between them
(e.g: they sat down in a booth and waited for a waiter to come over)
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Origin
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Middle English (in the sense ‘temporary dwelling or shelter’): from Old Norse buth, based on búa ‘dwell’
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