"tollbooth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tollbooths [plural]
Rhymes: -uːθ Head templates: {{en-noun}} tollbooth (plural tollbooths)
  1. (Scotland) (In this sense usually spelt tolbooth) The traditional municipal building of a Scottish town or burgh, usually including a meeting-hall, court, prison and (eponymically) a place for the receipt of taxes, duties and fines. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-tollbooth-en-noun-IFIEITBy Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. Alternative spelling of toll booth Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: toll booth
    Sense id: en-tollbooth-en-noun-E0x4i7XT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tolbooth

Inflected forms

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