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carnival Definition

car·ni·val (kär′nə vəl)

noun

  1. the period of feasting and revelry just before Lent
    1. a reveling or time of revelry; festivity; merrymaking
    2. a time or place of excess, vitality, chaos, etc.
  3. a traveling commercial entertainment with sideshows, rides, games, etc.
  4. an organized program of festivities, contests, etc. a winter sports carnival

Etymology: < Fr carnaval (or It carnevale) < ML carnelevarium < *carnem levare, to remove meat (see harvest & lever); assoc. by folk etym. with ML carne vale, “Flesh, farewell!” < L caro, flesh + vale: see valediction

carnival Synonyms

carnival

n.

  1. A festival

    festivity, revelry, merrymaking, carousal, masquerade, debauch, festival, feasting, fete, street fair, celebration, spree, carousing, bacchanal, frolic, gala, heyday, jamboree, jubilee, Saturnalia, orgy, wassail, rout, Mardi Gras, Oktoberfest, feria; see also celebration 2, feast, holiday 1.

  2. An outdoor amusement

    fair, sideshow, exposition, amusement park; see amusement park, circus, fair, show 2.

carnival Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • reaction: As James Connolly said partition would lead to a " carnival of reaction " on both sides of the water.

Converse of object

  • illuminate: Each November, Bridgwater is also home to the largest illuminated Carnival in the world.
  • cruise: The la ran out of for the fall cruises the carnival.
  • celebrate: Next we want to your women's football pics, in order to celebrate the sporting carnival that is Euro 2005.
  • organize: Kemp Town Carnival Has organized a carnival in Kemp Town for the last 7 years.

Adjective modifier

  • Caribbean: Indeed, the island can be regarded as the home of Caribbean carnival, being the place where steel bands and Calypso were born.
  • colorful: The city has an annual wine festival in September and a colorful carnival at the start of Lent.
  • annual: Romsey's annual Carnival began on Sunday, July 23rd.
  • famous: Singing and dancing tend to dominate many of these events, especially the famous Carnival.

Modifies a noun

  • procession: I'd been for a walk where the carnival procession would go, trying to decide on a good position.
  • cruise: The state carnival cruise canada of liberty driving distance of.
  • parade: The main event - the carnival parade - started at 2pm from Pound Street, with a host of fantastic floats.
  • barker: She dumped you for a midget carnival barker and now you're sitting in a coffee shop at three a.m.
  • atmosphere: There was a carnival atmosphere without any permits, formal speeches or union leaders trying to lead them.
  • mexico: Cruises in include shuttle ride to carnival cruise line mexico to do soin.

Noun used with modifier

  • gross-register-ton: There are even the group has the terminal the gross-register-ton carnival.
  • cruise: But none bigger diamond cruise ship carnival cruise lines.
  • camp: Began to speak day longfor early the camp carnival.
  • street: These days, a chap is more likely to tune in to a party in the park or a rowdy street carnival.
  • river: At Hilgay Bridge, we found out what this was from - it was a local river carnival.

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