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Synonyms for carousel

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kar-uh-sel, kar-uh-sel
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkær əˈsɛl, ˈkær əˌsɛl

Définition of carousel

Origin :
  • "merry-go-round," 1670s, earlier "playful tournament of knights in chariots or on horseback" (1640s), from French carrousel "a tilting match," from Italian carusiello, possibly from carro "chariot," from Latin carrus (see car).
  • A new and rare invencon knowne by the name of the royalle carousell or tournament being framed and contrived with such engines as will not only afford great pleasure to us and our nobility in the sight thereof, but sufficient instruction to all such ingenious young gentlemen as desire to learne the art of perfect horsemanshipp. [letter of 1673]
  • noun merry-go-round
Example sentences :
  • Under the sunshade it was infuriatingly like a horse on a carousel.
  • Extract from : « Sand Doom » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • The four carousel's sprang to their feet when the first strain reached their ears.
  • Extract from : « A Victorious Union » by Oliver Optic
  • Forbes and Persis sent back mocking smiles as they side-stepped into the carousel.
  • Extract from : « What Will People Say? » by Rupert Hughes
  • As a scene viewed from a carousel, the field of ice swept around me in our dizzy, twisting progress.
  • Extract from : « My Attainment of the Pole » by Frederick A. Cook
  • For example, here was toll calls, telephone long-distance calls placed from the telephone at the Carousel at 1312 Commerce.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • I was assigned to the downtown area, which includes the location of Carousel Club.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Patterson occasionally worked on the district that Ruby's Carousel Club was on.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • On occasions when driving in the area with another officer, he would go up to the Carousel, usually once or twice a week.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Who else did you recognize at the trial whom you remember from the Carousel Club?
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • He was in the place, in Ruby's Carousel, but that none of this conversation took place.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

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