[ noun ] small area set off by walls for special use <noun.artifact>
Kiosk \Ki*osk"\, n. [Turk. kiushk, ki["o]shk, Per. k?shk.] A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.
2. A light ornamental structure used as a news stand, band stand, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. A small roofed structure, typically located on a sidewalk and sometimes in a parking lot, with one or more open sides, used to vend merchandise, such as newspapers or beverages, or services, such as key duplication or film developing. --(MW10 s. 2) [PJC]
In the town last week I handed Mr Sainsbury a set of 15 different brightly coloured advertising cards for call girls, on show in a nearby telephone kiosk.
The books sell for only 2.10 rubles ($3.50), but the Progress kiosk takes only hard currency.
Previously, customers had to take their own brown bags of booze or wine or buy little bottles of the sort served on airplanes at a state kiosk on the premises.
Four police vans were also burned and a small cigarette kiosk was plundered in the riot, the government news service ADN reported.
The station kiosk displays Kodak film and USA Today.
The scores of protesters ended their blockade after several hours Wednesday, but only after a truck delivered a dozen cases of cigarettes to a nearby tobacco kiosk.
He takes over from Peter Lloyd, who is retiring early on medical grounds. When his father died at the age of nine, Haghighi became the family breadwinner, combining his small tobacconist/confectionery kiosk with his schooling.
"At this rate, I'll be working in Jordan in another five years," jokes Dudu Unger, who sells food at a beachside kiosk.