carousel
Plural: carousels
Noun
- An amusement park ride with revolving seats, often shaped like animals.
- a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
- a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
- A merry-go-round (type of ride on rotating platform).
- A continuously revolving device for item delivery.
- The rotating glass plate in a microwave oven.
- A visual component that displays a horizontal series of items one at a time.
- An equestrian discipline in which groups of riders make various formations.
- A tilting match or tournament accompanied by games, shows, and allegorical performances.
- Synonym of jukebox (“automated carousel for the storage and retrieval of tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.”).
Verb
- To revolve or change places.
Examples
- After collecting his suitcase at the baggage carousel, he left the airport.
- Playing CAROUSEL scored big, but the tile arrangement felt like a dizzying ride.
Origin / Etymology
From French carrousel, from Italian carosello, from Sicilian caruseḍḍu and/or Neapolitan carusiello. Uncertain. Some suggested a derivation from carro (“cart”), from Latin carrus, but this does not fit the criteria of an appropriate morphological reconstruction. Not believed to be related to carousal.
Synonyms
carrousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig, jukebox
Scrabble Score: 10
carousel: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcarousel: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
carousel: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary