Usually means: Private desk in a library.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word Carrel:

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  1. Carrel, carrel: Merriam-Webster
  2. carrel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. carrel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. carrel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Carrel, carrel: Vocabulary.com
  6. Carrel, carrel: Wordnik
  7. Carrel, carrel: Wiktionary
  8. carrel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. carrel (carrell): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. carrel: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Carrel, carrel: Dictionary.com
  12. carrel: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Carrel (crater), Carrel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Carrel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. carrel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. carrel: Rhymezone
  17. Carrel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. carrel: FreeDictionary.org
  19. carrel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Carrel: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. carrel: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Carrel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Carrel: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Carrel)

▸ noun:  (architecture) A small closet or enclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A partially partitioned space for studying or reading, often in a library.
▸ noun:  A square-headed arrow; a quarrel.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
Carrell, cubicle, stall, carol, alcove, cabinet, closet, cabin, carport, closet-chapel, more...

Opposite:
open space, communal area, shared workspace

Types:
study carrel, library carrel, privacy carrel, computer carrel, more...

Phrases:
Alexis Carrel, carrel alexis, Carrel desk, Charlie Carrel, Refuge Jean-Antoine Carrel, more...

Adjectives:
individual, late, french, own, great, wet, small, private, little, nearby, empty
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Similar:
Carrell, cubicle, stall, carol, alcove, cabinet, closet, cabin, carport, closet-chapel, more...

Opposite:
open space, communal area, shared workspace

Types:
study carrel, library carrel, privacy carrel, computer carrel, more...

Phrases:
Alexis Carrel, carrel alexis, Carrel desk, Charlie Carrel, Refuge Jean-Antoine Carrel, more...

Adjectives:
individual, late, french, own, great, wet, small, private, little, nearby, empty



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