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carousel /ˌkarəˈsɛl /noun1chiefly North American A merry-go-round at a fair.You've got elephants, giraffes, carousels and merry go-rounds....- Swing boats, carousels, inflatable sumo wrestlers and rodeo-style bucking broncos are among a host of rides booked.
- Children will be able to enjoy a bouncy castle and a carousel.
2A conveyor system at an airport from which arriving passengers collect their luggage: they were waiting for their luggage to appear on the carousel at Heathrow airport...- ‘It's the same technology you see used in luggage carousels at airports,’ says Healy.
- One of her bags did not arrive on the luggage carousel.
- On closer inspection it seemed more like luggage abandoned on an airport carousel by someone too embarrassed to collect it.
3 historical A tournament in which groups of knights took part in demonstrations of equestrian skills. Origin Mid 17th century: from French carrousel, from Italian carosello. Rhymes Adele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell |