carrel

or car·rell

[ kar-uhl ]
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noun
  1. Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.

  2. a table or desk with three sides extending above the writing surface to serve as partitions, designed for individual study, as in a library.

Origin of carrel

1
1585–95; variant spelling of carol enclosure

Other definitions for Carrel (2 of 2)

Carrel
[ kuh-rel, kar-uhl; French ka-rel ]

noun
  1. A·lex·is [uh-lek-sis; French a-lek-see], /əˈlɛk sɪs; French a lɛkˈsi/, 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, in U.S. 1905–39: Nobel Prize 1912.

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How to use carrel in a sentence

  • On the eastern side is an additional wall, connected at its extremities with the first, enclosing ground for stables and carrell.

  • The carrell was placed so that it was closed at one end by one of the cloister windows and remained open at the other.

    The Story of Books | Gertrude Burford Rawlings
  • The easternmost carrell, however, differs a good deal from the others, and it may have been used as a book-closet.

    The Care of Books | John Willis Clark
  • Carrell was in identically the same position as the orator you speak of.

    Z. Marcas | Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for carrel (1 of 2)

carrel

carrell

/ (ˈkærəl) /


noun
  1. a small individual study room or private desk, often in a library, where a student or researcher can work undisturbed

Origin of carrel

1
C16: a variant of carol

British Dictionary definitions for Carrel (2 of 2)

Carrel

/ (kəˈrɛl, ˈkærəl, French karɛl) /


noun
  1. Alexis (əˈlɛksɪs; French alɛksi). 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, active in the US (1905–39): developed a method of suturing blood vessels, making the transplantation of arteries and organs possible: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1912

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