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Word entry · 6 letters

carrel

Best crossword clue

"Library study booth"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkæɹəl/Part of speech nounSorted acelrrStarts with CEnds with L1 clues
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Definitions

  1. small individual study area in a library

Word origin

A variant of carol (“small closet or enclosure”), from Middle English carole (“round dance with singing; group of people dancing and singing in a circle; circular thing; braid, chain (?); stall for study or writing; writing table; etc.”) (possibly referring to the fact that the item encloses or surrounds the person using it): see further at carol.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: cubicle (sometimes synonymous)
  • He was busy writing his report in a small library carrel.
  • He then returned to his carrell for his own research.

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