booth

  • 31booth — noun (plural booths) Etymology: Middle English bothe, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse būth booth; akin to Old English būan to dwell more at bower Date: 13th century 1. a temporary shelter for livestock or field workers …

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  • 32Booth — This famous surname is Anglo Scottish, but arguably of pre 7th century Norse Viking origins. It is or rather was, topographical, and described a person who lived in a small barn or bothy. Derived from the word both , the word was used to denote… …

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  • 33booth */ — UK [buːð] / US [buð] / US [buθ] noun [countable] Word forms booth : singular booth plural booths 1) a) an enclosed space, big enough for one person, where you can do something without other people seeing or hearing you, especially vote or make a… …

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  • 34Booth — [[t]buθ[/t]] brit. [[t]buð[/t]] n. 1) big Ballington, 1859–1940, founder of the Volunteers of America, 1896 (son of William Booth) 2) big Evangeline Cory, 1865?–1950, general of the Salvation Army 1934–39 (daughter of William Booth) 3) big John… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 35booth — See low bake booth paint booth spray booth …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 36booth — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ DJ, photo, tanning, ticket ▪ phone, telephone ▪ polling, voting PREP …

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  • 37booth — n. an information; phone, telephone; polling, voting; projection booth * * * [buːð] phone polling projection booth telephone voting an information …

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  • 38booth — [[t]buθ[/t]] n. pl. booths (bootz, booths). 1) a stall or light structure for the sale of goods or for display purposes, as at a market or exhibition 2) a small compartment or boxlike room for a specific use by one occupant: a telephone booth; a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 39Booth — A temporary shelter, of the kind used at summer pastureland; later, the covered structure used for selling at a market, from which we have the contemporary use of booth . [< Danish bod = a shop or stall] Cf. Hafod …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 40booth — A shelter (see REB) used by farmers when watching over their crops (Isa. 1:8). Because they were only temporary structures, they were reminiscent of Israel s journeying through the wilderness, so at the feast of Tabernacles [[➝ Tabernacles, feast …

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