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Meaning of "tollbooth" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOLLBOOTH

tollbooth  [ˈtəʊlˌbuːθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOLLBOOTH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tollbooth is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TOLLBOOTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tollbooth

Tollbooth or tolbooth may refer to: ▪ Tolbooth, a traditional Scottish 'town hall' for the administration of burghs, usually providing a council meeting chamber, a court house and a jail ▪ Toll house, a building where a toll collector historically lived and works ▪ A place where tolls for road usage are collected on toll roads ▪ Tollbooth, a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe...

Definition of tollbooth in the English dictionary

The definition of tollbooth in the dictionary is a booth or kiosk at which a toll is collected.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOLLBOOTH


Bluetooth
ˈbluːˌtuːθ
bucktooth
ˈbʌkˌtuːθ
couth
kuːθ
crwth
kruːθ
dogtooth
ˈdɒɡˌtuːθ
drouth
druːθ
Duluth
dəˈluːθ
luckenbooth
ˈlʌkənˌbuːθ
ruth
ruːθ
sawtooth
ˈsɔːˌtuːθ
sleuth
sluːθ
snaggletooth
ˈsnæɡəlˌtuːθ
sooth
suːθ
strewth
struːθ
tolbooth
ˈtəʊlˌbuːθ
tooth
tuːθ
truth
truːθ
uncouth
ʌnˈkuːθ
untruth
ʌnˈtruːθ
youth
juːθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOLLBOOTH

toll
toll bridge
toll call
toll charge
toll road
toll-free
tollable
tollage
tollbar
tolldish
Toller
tolley
tollgate
tollhouse
tollie
tollkeeper
tollman
tollway
tolly

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOLLBOOTH

baby tooth
back tooth
booth
forsooth
long in the tooth
milk tooth
phone booth
photo booth
polling booth
projection booth
satin-smooth
smooth
sweet tooth
telephone booth
ticket booth
two-tooth
ultrasmooth
unsmooth
voting booth
wisdom tooth

Synonyms and antonyms of tollbooth in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tollbooth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOLLBOOTH

Find out the translation of tollbooth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tollbooth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tollbooth» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

收费站
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peaje
570 millions of speakers

English

tollbooth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tollbooth
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محصل الضرائب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

городская тюрьма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pedágio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চৌকী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Plaza Tol
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mautstelle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

料金所
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

톨게이트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tollbooth
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Tollbooth
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டோல்பூத்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टोलबूट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gişe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

casello
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tollbooth
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

міська в´язниця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vama
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tollbooth
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tolhuis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

betalstationer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bomstasjonen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tollbooth

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOLLBOOTH»

The term «tollbooth» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.593 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOLLBOOTH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tollbooth» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tollbooth» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tollbooth

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOLLBOOTH»

Discover the use of tollbooth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tollbooth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Phantom Tollbooth
From the Hardcover edition.
Norton Juster, 2011
2
The Phantom Tollbooth
A republication of The Phantom Tollbooth om traditional Chinese.
Norton Juster, 2008
3
The Phantom Tollbooth: A Children's Play in Two Acts
Fantasy Characters:15 male and female Simple set. Here are Milo's adventures in the Land of Wisdom where he's forced to think about many new things.
Susan Nanus, 1977
4
The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth
A sumptuously annotated edition of a classic work by the author of the Caldecott Medal-winning Goodbye Window incorporates interviews with the author and illustrator, excerpts from Juster's drafts, and cultural and literary commentary.
Norton Juster, 2011
5
The Phantom Tollbooth 50th Anniversary Edition
A perfect gift for longstanding fans and lucky new readers, the 50th anniversary edition of The Phantom Tollbooth is a book to cherish. From the Hardcover edition.
Norton Juster, 2011
6
The Tofu Tollbooth
This title is still available but it has been replaced by "Healthy Highways" 1-88610110-8
Elizabeth Zipern, Dar Williams, 1998
7
Phantom Tollbooth (eBook)
THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH BY NORTON J USTER Objectives 1. Comprehension—Students will demonstrate understanding of the novel through written and verbal responses to sectional comprehension questions and whole— book ...
Janice K. Rugg-Davis, 1994
8
The Phantom Toll Booth
Milo, a young boy with little interest in anything, takes a trip through the Phantom Tollbooth to the Lands Beyond where he meets an enchanting cast of characters that teaches him the importance of words, numbers, ideas, creativity, and ...
Norton Juster, 2004
9
The Phantom Tollbooth
Novel-Ties study guides contain reproducible pages in a chapter by chapter format to accompany a work of literature of the same title.
Vicki Dobrow, Joyce Friedland, Rikki Kessler, 1986
10
Future Generation Information Technology: First ...
Modeling and Simulation of Tandem Tollbooth Operations with Max-Algebra Approach Young-Chae Hong1, Dong-Kyu Kim2, Seung-Young Kho2, Soo Wook Kim3, and Hongsuk Yang3 1 Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of  ...
Young Hoon Lee, Dominik Slezak, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOLLBOOTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tollbooth is used in the context of the following news items.
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OUR OPINION: Moving tollbooth could make use of new technology
Open road tolling facility would be like having no tollbooth at all for E-ZPass users. ... attempts to work with neighbors who want to keep the tollbooth where it is. «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Tollbooth worker Vladislav Samsonov fired for paying driver's toll
A 77-year-old veteran was fired from his job working at a Florida tollbooth after his superiors asked him to take a reduced role when they found out he paid a ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Toll collector taken to hospital after SUV crashes into tollbooth
Authorities said a toll collector was taken to the hospital after an SUV crashed into a tollbooth Saturday morning. The incident happened on the eastbound lanes ... «KPRC Houston, Apr 15»
4
Distracted driving causes crash at NH tolls
Tyler Martel, 21, of Manchester, New Hampshire came to a stop at the tollbooth on Everett Turnpike northbound in Bedford shortly before 11 a.m. Saturday to pay ... «WCVB Boston, Mar 15»
5
Former Turnpike tolltaker accused of robbing tollbooth at gunpoint
BIDDEFORD, Maine — A former Maine Turnpike tolltaker is in jail after allegedly robbing a Biddeford Maine Turnpike tollbooth at gunpoint Friday, state police ... «Bangor Daily News, Feb 15»
6
Napa High students ready 'Phantom Tollbooth' for opening night
“The Phantom Tollbooth,” published in 1961, is a novel most of her students are already familiar with because it has been taught in schools across the nation ... «Napa Valley Register, Feb 15»
7
Weston tollbooth worker faces suspension over message
A toll collector on the Mass Turnpike faces possible suspension after he handed a motorist a toll ticket with the words “I can't breathe,” scrawled across the top ... «Boston Globe, Dec 14»
8
Bees removed from Pa. Turnpike tollbooth
A photo provided by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission showed the swarm engulfing one of the lights on the tollbooth at the Valley Forge interchange in ... «WPVI-TV, Jun 14»
9
Driver killed in Turnpike toll booth crash might have been asleep
Driver killed in Turnpike toll booth crash might have been asleep ... into a Kansas Turnpike tollbooth on westbound Interstate 70 on Saturday, March 29, 2014. «Kansas.com, Apr 14»
10
Tinopolis and Lee open Tollbooth
Tollbooth will develop and produce unscripted programming for US and international buyers, and becomes the fourth American-based production company in ... «C21Media, Jan 14»

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