/ ˈkærəl; NAmE / noun
a small area with a desk, separated from other desks by a dividing wall or screen, where one person can work in a library
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: apparently related to carol in the old sense ring .
/ ˈkærəl; NAmE / noun
a small area with a desk, separated from other desks by a dividing wall or screen, where one person can work in a library
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: apparently related to carol in the old sense ring .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005