tollbooth

tollbooth
Synonyms and related words:
Nissen hut, POW camp, Quonset hut, bastille, black hole, booth, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, cell, concentration camp, condemned cell, crib, death cell, death house, death row, detention camp, federal prison, forced-labor camp, gaol, gatehouse, guardhouse, house of correction, house of detention, hut, hutch, industrial school, internment camp, jail, jailhouse, keep, kiosk, labor camp, lean-to, lockup, maximum-security prison, minimum-security prison, oubliette, outbuilding, outhouse, pavilion, pen, penal colony, penal institution, penal settlement, penitentiary, prison, prison camp, prisonhouse, reform school, reformatory, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, sponging house, stall, state prison, stockade, the hole, tollhouse, training school

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Tollbooth — Toll booth , v. t. To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.] [1913 Webster] That they might tollbooth Oxford men. Bp. Corbet. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tollbooth — Toll booth , n. [Toll a tax + booth.] [Written also tolbooth.] 1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth. Wyclif (Mark ii. 14). [1913 Webster] 2. In… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tollbooth — (n.) early 14c., originally a tax collector s booth, from TOLL (Cf. toll) (n.) + BOOTH (Cf. booth) …   Etymology dictionary

  • tollbooth — ► NOUN 1) a roadside kiosk where tolls are paid. 2) Scottish archaic a town hall or town jail …   English terms dictionary

  • tollbooth — [tōl′bo͞oth΄] n. 1. Now Chiefly Scot. a) a town hall b) a jail or prison ☆ 2. a booth at which tolls are collected, as at the entrance to a toll road …   English World dictionary

  • tollbooth — UK [ˈtəʊlˌbuːθ] / US [ˈtoʊlˌbuθ] noun [countable] Word forms tollbooth : singular tollbooth plural tollbooths a small building where drivers pay to use a particular bridge or road …   English dictionary

  • tollbooth — noun Etymology: Middle English tolbothe, tollbothe tollbooth, town hall, jail, from tol, toll toll + bothe booth Date: 14th century a booth (as on a highway or bridge) where tolls are paid …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Tollbooth Gallery — The Tollbooth Gallery is a public art project that bills itself as the World s Smallest Gallery dedicated to Wheat Paste and Video Fine Arts . It is a project of ArtRod, a nonprofit arts organization and is located in Tacoma, Washington, USA. The …   Wikipedia

  • tollbooth — /tohl boohth , boohdh /, n., pl. tollbooths / boohdhz , boohths /. 1. a booth, as at a bridge or the entrance to a toll road, where a toll is collected. 2. Chiefly Scot. tolbooth. [1300 50; ME tolbothe. See TOLL1, BOOTH] * * * …   Universalium

  • tollbooth — noun Alternative spelling of toll booth …   Wiktionary

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