Kiosk

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kiosk \Ki*osk"\, n. [Turk. kiushk, ki["o]shk, Per. k?shk.]
     A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by
     pillars.
  
     2. A light ornamental structure used as a news stand, band
        stand, etc.


        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. 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. --(MW10 s. 2)
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kiosk
       n : small area set off by walls for special use [syn: {booth}, {cubicle},
            {stall}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "kiosk":
     Nissen hut, Quonset hut, alcove, arbor, booth, bower, conservatory,
     crib, gatehouse, gazebo, glasshouse, greenhouse, hut, hutch,
     lathhouse, lean-to, news kiosk, newsstand, outbuilding, outhouse,
     pavilion, pergola, retreat, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, stall,
     stand, summerhouse, tollbooth, tollhouse
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  kiosk
       
          A stall set up in a public place where one can obtain
          information, e.g. tourist information.  The information may be
          provided by a human or by a computer.  In the latter case, the
          data may be stored locally (e.g. on {CD-ROM}) or accessed via
          a network using some kind of distributed information retreival
          system such as {Gopher} or {World-Wide Web}.
       
          (1998-09-07)