KIOSK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kiosk mean? 

• KIOSK (noun)
  The noun KIOSK has 1 sense:

1. small area set off by walls for special use

  Familiarity information: KIOSK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KIOSK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small area set off by walls for special use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

booth; cubicle; kiosk; stall

Hypernyms ("kiosk" is a kind of...):

closet (a small private room for study or prayer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kiosk"):

confessional (a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions)

polling booth (a temporary booth in a polling place which people enter to cast their votes)

prompt box; prompter's box (a booth projecting above the floor in the front of a stage where the prompter sits; opens toward the performers on stage)

shower bath; shower stall (booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom)

call box; phone booth; telephone booth; telephone box; telephone kiosk (booth for using a telephone)

tolbooth; tollbooth; tollhouse (a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls)

voting booth (a booth in which a person can cast a private vote)

 Context examples 

The study comes at a time when facial analysis technologies — which use hidden cameras to assess and characterize certain features about an individual — are becoming increasingly prevalent, embedded in everything from smartphone dating apps and digital kiosks at malls to airport security and law enforcement surveillance systems.

(Facial recognition software has a gender problem, National Science Foundation)