carousel
/kæru'zel/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement: A carousel is a circular, rotating platform fitted with model animals, vehicles, or seats on which people, especially children, ride for entertainment at a fair or amusement park.
- A conveyor belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers: In an airport, a carousel is a continuously moving, circular belt on which arriving passengers' checked luggage is placed for collection.
Usage
- The primary use is as a countable noun.
- In the amusement context, it is synonymous with "merry-go-round" or "roundabout" (British English).
- In the airport context, it is a standard term in air travel.
Examples
Amusement Ride:
- The children ran straight to the colorful carousel at the fair.
- She rode the white horse on the carousel three times.
Airport Luggage System:
- Please proceed to baggage claim carousel number four.
- We waited for twenty minutes at the carousel for our suitcases to appear.
Advanced Usage
- "Carousel of" (Metaphorical Use): Used to describe a continuously changing cycle or sequence of events, images, or emotions.
- The documentary presented a carousel of images from the last century.
- Her mind was a carousel of worries.
Variants and Related Words
- Carrousel: An alternative, less common spelling for the amusement ride.
- Merry-go-round: A direct synonym for the amusement ride.
- Roundabout: A British English synonym for the amusement ride.
- Luggage carousel / Baggage carousel: The full term for the airport system.
Synonyms
- For the ride: merry-go-round, roundabout.
- For the luggage system: conveyor belt, baggage claim belt.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- (Just) a carousel: Used to imply that a situation is a repetitive, unchanging cycle.
- Their arguments were just a carousel of the same old issues.
- The carousel of life: A poetic phrase describing life's continuous and cyclical nature.
Noun
- a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
- a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers