| n. | 1. | A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars. |
| 2. | A light ornamental structure used as a news stand, band stand, etc. | |
| 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. |
| Noun | 1. | kiosk - small area set off by walls for special use |
| kiosk - A stall set up in a public place where one can obtain information, e.g. tourist information. The information may be provided by a human or by a computer. In the latter case, the data may be stored locally (e.g. on CD-ROM) or accessed via a network using some kind of distributed information retreival system such as Gopher or World-Wide Web. |
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