booth
Meanings
Plural: booths
Noun
- a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches
- small area set off by walls for special use
- United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)
- a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment
- A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
- A temporary shelter, often in the form of a tent, shed, or canopied structure.
- A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.
- An enclosed seating area consisting of a table next to a wall set between two high-backed benches, as in a diner or café.
- An enclosure for keeping animals.
- A recording studio.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English bothe, from either Old English bōþ or Old Norse bóð (compare Swedish bod) and/or the variant búð (> Scots buth), from Proto-Germanic *bōþō, *būþiz, *buþǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Compare Middle Low German bôde, Middle Dutch boede, German Bude.
Scrabble Score: 10
booth is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordbooth is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
booth is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
booth is a valid Words With Friends word