Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small structure, usually open in front, used as a newsstand or a place for selling goods or conducting transactions, as at a bank.
- noun A usually cylindrical structure on which advertisements are posted.
- noun Archaic A small open gazebo or pavilion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
- noun In France, a street news-stand or booth somewhat resembling in form a small kiosk as in sense 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.
- noun A light ornamental structure used as a news stand, band stand, etc.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a small
enclosed structure , oftenfreestanding ,open on oneside or with awindow , used as abooth tosell newspapers ,cigarettes , etc. - noun a similar
unattended stand for theautomatic dispensation oftickets , etc. - noun a
Turkish garden pavillion
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small area set off by walls for special use
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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# {params [: kiosk] [: city]}, loc = MultiGeocoder. geocode (address) if @kiosk. update_attributes (params [: kiosk]) flash [: notice] = 'Kiosk was successfully updated.'
LXer Linux News 2009
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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 2009
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One other issue concerning a staffed vs unstaffed kiosk is the need for a bike helmet.
Here we go again with the Barcelona bit (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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You probably already like to use the check-in kiosk at the airport to try to get a better seat.
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You probably already like to use the check-in kiosk at the airport to try to get a better seat.
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Web pages ran in kiosk software on Windows XP PCs.
Notes from 'Extending the CMS to Galleries' at MCG's Spring Conference Mia 2008
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Web pages ran in kiosk software on Windows XP PCs.
Archive 2008-04-01 Mia 2008
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Buying a taxi ticket at the airport kiosk is the safest way to get a taxi there without worries of being overcharged, robbed, etc.
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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.
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We’re going to try the experiment of printing a photo at a kiosk from the memory card.
sonofgroucho commented on the word kiosk
This is Trajan's Kiosk in Egypt:
January 18, 2008
reesetee commented on the word kiosk
Boy, that must be some mall! ;->
Nice photo, SoG!
January 18, 2008
yarb commented on the word kiosk
Everything was bigger in acient times.
January 19, 2008