Definition of carrel
:a table that is often partitioned or enclosed and is used for individual study especially in a library
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At Nine52, a Hell’s Kitchen condo that began sales last spring, GAIA installed a 1,300-square-foot co-working space with corkboard walls, a long wooden table, sleek work carrels and a kitchen.
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In nearby carrels, other monks sift through their own drawers of cards.
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Origin and Etymology of carrel
alteration of Middle English caroll, from Medieval Latin carola, perhaps from carola round dance, something circular, from Late Latin choraula choral song — more at carol
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