# booth

Pronunciation: say "BOOTH" /buːθ/

## Noun

1. A small stall or stand where goods are set out to be shown and sold.
   - Simple: A small stand where people show and sell things.
   - _Each spring he rents a booth at the flea market to sell old records._
   - _Vendors lined the fairgrounds with booths offering T-shirts, posters, and local honey._
2. A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough for one person standing up, such as a phone booth or a voting booth.
   - Simple: A tiny closed space with room for one person standing, like a phone booth.
   - _She drew the curtain of the booth closed and marked her ballot in private._
   - _He squeezed into the booth, pulled the folding door shut, and dropped coins into the phone._
3. An enclosed seating area, as in a diner or cafe, with a table set against a wall between two high-backed benches.
   - Simple: A table by a wall with a tall bench on each side, like in a diner.
   - _The waitress led us to a booth in the back, away from the noisy counter._
   - _They slid into opposite sides of the booth and spread the map across the table._
4. A recording studio, the place where an artist records music; used with "the". *(slang)*
   - Simple: A studio where rappers and singers record their songs.
   - _Two weeks after signing the deal, he was back in the booth laying down verses._
   - _The producer told her to stop talking and get in the booth._

## Noun

5. A temporary shelter, often in the form of a tent, a shed, or a structure with a canopy. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A shelter put up for a short time, often a tent, a shed, or a cover on poles.
   - _The shepherds put up a booth of woven branches on the hillside for the summer._
   - _The army camped by the river, its leaders' booths set apart from the soldiers' tents._

## Other meanings

- (noun) An enclosure for keeping animals.

## Origin

Inherited from Middle English bothe, from Old East Norse *bóð, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō, *būþiz, *buþǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Compare Middle Low German bôde, Middle Dutch boede and German Bude.

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