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Noun: carrel  ker-ul [N. Amer], ka-rul [Brit]
  1. Small individual study area in a library
    "The student found a quiet carrel to work on her research paper";
    - carrell, cubicle, stall
Noun: Carrel  ku'rel
  1. French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)
    - Alexis Carrel

Sounds like: carol, Carroll

Derived forms: carrels

Type of: alcove, bay, biologist, life scientist, operating surgeon, sawbones [informal], surgeon

Part of: depository library, library

Encyclopedia: Carrel, Frank