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carousel

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[kar-uh-sel, kar-uh-sel]

  1. merry-go-round.

  2. a continuously revolving belt, track or other device on which items are placed for later retrieval.

    a baggage carousel at an airport.



Carousel

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[kar-uh-sel, kar-uh-sel]

  1. a 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.

carousel

/ ˌkærəˈsɛl, -ˈzɛl /

  1. a circular magazine in which slides for a projector are held: it moves round as each slide is shown

  2. a rotating conveyor belt for luggage, as at an airport

  3. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): merry-go-round. roundabout.a revolving circular platform provided with wooden animals, seats, etc, on which people ride for amusement

  4. history a tournament in which horsemen took part in races and various manoeuvres in formation

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of carousel1

First recorded in 1640–50; from French: “kind of tournament,” from Italian carosello “kind of ball game,” from Neapolitan dialect carusello “game played with clay balls, clay ball,” literally, “little head,” equivalent to carus(o) “shorn head” (perhaps based on the Greek stem kors- “shave”) + -ello diminutive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of carousel1

C17: from French carrousel, from Italian carosello, of uncertain origin
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That trophy belongs to the period from April 2 through April 9, the “liberation day” tariff carousel.

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