: a booth (as on a highway or bridge) where tolls are paid
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebSonny gets his comeuppance when he is bloodied in a battlefield’s worth of machine-gun fire while trapped in his car at a tollbooth. Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 7 July 2022 Weisberg was unclear what had happened at the tollbooth. Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022 Tollbooth tells the story of Milo, who enters a fantastical land through a magical tollbooth that mysteriously appears in his room. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 10 Aug. 2021 Tollbooth tells the story of Milo, who enters a fantastical land through a magical tollbooth that mysteriously appears in his room. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 10 Aug. 2021 Tollbooth tells the story of Milo, who enters a fantastical land through a magical tollbooth that mysteriously appears in his room. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 10 Aug. 2021 Tollbooth tells the story of Milo, who enters a fantastical land through a magical tollbooth that mysteriously appears in his room. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 10 Aug. 2021 Tollbooth tells the story of Milo, who enters a fantastical land through a magical tollbooth that mysteriously appears in his room. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 10 Aug. 2021 Tollbooth tells the story of Milo, who enters a fantastical land through a magical tollbooth that mysteriously appears in his room. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 10 Aug. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English tolbothe, tollbothe tollbooth, town hall, jail, from tol, toll toll + bothe booth