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1. : merry-go-round 1. He loves to ride on the carousel at the park. 2. : a machine or device with a moving belt or part that carries things around in a circle. the luggage carousel at the airport. a dessert carousel. a CD player with a six-disk carousel.
noun [ C ] us / ˌker.əˈsel / uk / ˌkær.əˈsel / carousel noun [C] (AMUSEMENT) Add to word list. mainly US (UK usually merry-go-round) a large machine at a fair that turnsaround and has wooden or plastic animals or vehicles on which children ride. Neville Mountford-Hoare/Aurora/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Word Origin. See carousel in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: carousel. Definition of carousel noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
