carousel
carousel Lexical Profile
carousel Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A continuous circular conveyor belt from which arriving passengers claim their luggage at an airport.
"We waited for nearly twenty minutes at the baggage carousel before our suitcases finally appeared."
An amusement park ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders, usually in the form of wooden horses or other animals.
"The children laughed as they rode the brightly painted horses on the vintage carousel."
A revolving mechanical or digital device used for holding and displaying a sequence of items, such as photographic slides or images on a webpage.
"The web designer implemented a sleek image carousel on the homepage to showcase the company's latest products."
• Rhymes for carousel
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from French 'carrousel' and ultimately from Italian 'carosello' (a tournament of knights on horseback), which later gave its name to the spinning amusement park ride imitating such equestrian tournaments.
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