Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A partially partitioned nook in or near the stacks in a library, used for private study.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
quarrel . - noun A mixed fabric of silk and worsted used in the sixteenth century.
- noun [Appar. a ‘square’ inclosure; but cf.
carol .] A closet or pew in a monastery. - noun Same as
carol . - noun Same as
carol .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
quarrel , an arrow. - noun (Arch.) Same as 4th
carol . - noun a table partitioned by vertical boards into small areas where an individual may read or study with minimal distraction from activities nearby. They are used especially in libraries. Also, the term is used to refer to one partition of such a table. Related etymologically to the 4th
carol .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A partially partitioned space for studying or reading, often in a library.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small individual study area in a library
- noun French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He transported to San Francisco, then after having breakfast at a local eatery, spent the rest of the morning in a library, putting his head down in a carrel and catnapping until the afternoon.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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He rose from the carrel and started to follow the sounds, as did several other people in that section of the library.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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He rose from the carrel and started to follow the sounds, as did several other people in that section of the library.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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He transported to San Francisco, then after having breakfast at a local eatery, spent the rest of the morning in a library, putting his head down in a carrel and catnapping until the afternoon.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Much of it is here now, in the form of cafe wi-fi, which allows a coffee table to be an office space, or a study carrel, or an open plan cubicle design.
Your Choice in 2020 – How Computing Will Make Every Action a Transaction | Impact Lab 2010
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He transported to San Francisco, then after having breakfast at a local eatery, spent the rest of the morning in a library, putting his head down in a carrel and catnapping until the afternoon.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Other than a dicey incident with a flasher in the stacks, which I describe in my new book, Think, my carrel deep down in the earth's molten core was my happy, cozy place.
Lisa Bloom: Law School: It Doesn't Have to Mean Anything Lisa Bloom 2011
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The cast for that Carell project is awesome. okayflint for sure, gosling, carrel, and bacon. it's as interesting as it is awesome
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Other than a dicey incident with a flasher in the stacks, which I describe in my new book, Think, my carrel deep down in the earth's molten core was my happy, cozy place.
Lisa Bloom: Law School: It Doesn't Have to Mean Anything Lisa Bloom 2011
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He rose from the carrel and started to follow the sounds, as did several other people in that section of the library.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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