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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024car•ou•sel /ˌkærəˈsɛl, ˈkærəˌsɛl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- merry-go-round (def. 1).
- a revolving conveyor belt on which items are placed: a baggage carousel at an airport.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•ou•sel (kar′ə sel′, kar′ə sel′),USA pronunciation n. - merry-go-round (def. 1).
- a continuously revolving belt, track or other device on which items are placed for later retrieval:a baggage carousel at an airport.
- Neapolitan dialect, dialectal carusello game played with clay balls, clay ball, literally, little head, equivalent. to carus(o) shorn head (perh. based on the Greek stem kors- shave) + -ello diminutive suffix
- Italian carosello kind of ball game
- French: kind of tournament
- 1640–50
- Photography, Trademarksa circular tray in which photographic transparencies are held on a projector and from which they are lowered through slots for projection as the tray is rotated.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: carousel /ˌkærəˈsɛl -ˈzɛl/ n - a circular magazine in which slides for a projector are held: it moves round as each slide is shown
- a rotating conveyor belt for luggage, as at an airport
- US Canadian
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): merry-go-round - a tournament in which horsemen took part in races and various manoeuvres in formation
Etymology: 17th Century: from French carrousel, from Italian carosello, of uncertain origin |