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carou·sel (kar′ə sel′, kar′ə sel′)

noun

  1. ☆ a merry-go-round
  2. ☆ something that revolves like a merry-go-round
  3. ☆ a circular baggage conveyor in an airport from which passengers pick up their luggage

Etymology: Fr carrousel < It dial. (Naples) carusiello, tournament in which players threw reed lances or balls of chalk at opponents, orig. lit., chalk ball < caruso, shaved head; form infl. by It carrozza, stately carriage, prob. < carro < L carrum: see car

trademark for a revolving tray from which slides are fed one at a time into a projector

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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