| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | car·ou·sel |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k r  -s l , -zl |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or car·rou·sel |
| NOUN: | 1. A merry-go-round, as one at an amusement park. 2. A circular conveyor on which objects are displayed or rotated: a baggage carousel in an airport. 3. A tournament in which knights or horsemen engaged in various exercises and races. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French carrousel, tilting match, carousel, from Italian carosello, tilting match.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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