Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small open gazebo or pavilion.
- n. A small structure, often open on one or more sides, used as a newsstand or booth.
- n. A cylindrical structure on which advertisements are posted.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of open pavilion or summer-house, generally constructed of wood, straw, or other light materials, and often supported by pillars round the foot of which is a balustrade. Such pavilions, which are common in Turkey and Persia, have been introduced into the gardens and parks of western Europe.
- n. In France, a street news-stand or booth somewhat resembling in form a small kiosk as in sense 1.
Wiktionary
- n. a small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.
- n. a similar unattended stand for the automatic dispensation of tickets, etc.
- n. a Turkish garden pavillion
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.
- n. A light ornamental structure used as a news stand, band stand, etc.
- n. A small roofed structure, typically located on a sidewalk and sometimes in a parking lot, with one or more open sides, used to vend merchandise, such as newspapers or beverages, or services, such as key duplication or film developing.
WordNet 3.0
- n. small area set off by walls for special use
Etymologies
- From French kiosque, from Turkish köşk ("pavilion"), from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, "palace, portico"), from Middle Persian 𐭪𐭥𐭱𐭪𐭩 (kōšk). (Wiktionary)
- French kiosque, from Turkish köşk, from Middle Persian gōshak, corner, from Avestan *gaoshaka-, diminutive of gaosha-, ear. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“# {params [: kiosk] [: city]}, loc = MultiGeocoder. geocode (address) if @kiosk. update_attributes (params [: kiosk]) flash [: notice] = 'Kiosk was successfully updated.”
“We understand that there may be times that a kiosk is not functional, so we do make an effort to make sure our customers are aware that other redemption resources are available in these cases.”
Fandango & Regal Play Blame Game For Missing Tickets - The Consumerist
“One other issue concerning a staffed vs unstaffed kiosk is the need for a bike helmet.”
“You probably already like to use the check-in kiosk at the airport to try to get a better seat.”
“Web pages ran in kiosk software on Windows XP PCs.”
“Buying a taxi ticket at the airport kiosk is the safest way to get a taxi there without worries of being overcharged, robbed, etc.”
“The sandwich kiosk is just outside the northwest corner of the tent, and the soup and online order pick-up kiosk is just outside the southwest corner of the tent.”
“We’re going to try the experiment of printing a photo at a kiosk from the memory card.”
“On the way to the kiosk, which is 3 blocks, I say hi to the woman who lives at the bus stop.”
“In place of the kiosk was a tall stone building that looked like a medieval castle.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘kiosk’.
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My Favourite Words
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Favorite Five-Letter Words
Just what it sounds like. My favorites. Five letters.
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Speaking in Tongues - an REM list
Words heard in various REM songs that I enjoy and that I think are indicative of the band. Not too literally, of course.
pilgrimage, pageant, suspicion, penitence, gentlemen, chronic, stigma, deadlier, transit, fortunate, momentum, misconstrued and 162 more...
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The 5 words contest is a parlor game where people respond to the challenge to come up with a sentence which contains 5 specified words determined by the challenger (and makes a degree of sense). Sa...
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Tweets
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yarb Everything was bigger in acient times. Jan 18, 2008
reesetee Boy, that must be some mall! ;->
Nice photo, SoG! Jan 18, 2008
sonofgroucho This is Trajan's Kiosk in Egypt:
Jan 18, 2008