tollbooth
pronunciation
How to pronounce tollbooth in British English:
UK [ˈtəʊlbu:ð]
How to pronounce tollbooth in American English:
US [ˈtoʊlbuθ]
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- Noun:
- a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls
Word Origin
- tollbooth (n.)
- early 14c., originally a tax collector's booth, from toll (n.) + booth.
Example
- 1. It 's blocked like the car at the tollbooth .
- 2. In the tollbooth is the five-dollar bill .
- 3. This is the plot of norton juster 's classic children 's book , " the phantom tollbooth " . Many drivers may soon be in a similar situation : electronic tollbooths will appear in their lives and change them in unexpected ways .
- 4. Let me walk to a manned tollbooth and l 'll tell them what happened .
- 5. You need to prepare to stop and pay the toll at a tollbooth .