booth

booth

/buːð/

1 ​a small place with walls or sides where you can do something privately, for example make a phone call or vote

a phone booth

a polling/voting booth

an information/a ticket booth

Collocations

adjective

preposition

in a/​the booth

2 a small tent or temporary structure at a market, an exhibition or a fairground, where you can buy things, get information or watch something

The stalls and booths were doing a brisk trade.

3 ​a place to sit in a restaurant which consists of two long seats with a table between them

4 ​(North American English) a place in a sports ground, theatre, etc. where the people who introduce or describe an event for radio or television sit

the announcer's/announce/announcing booth

Sportsnet has announced that Bob Cole will return to the broadcast booth for his final season of calling National Hockey League games.

Word Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘temporary dwelling or shelter’): from Old Norse buth, based on búa ‘dwell’.