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Roundabout
/ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt/
(Australia and sometimes United States) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
📖 Definitions of "Roundabout"
noun
- 1
(Australia and sometimes United States) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
- 2
A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus.
- 3
A fairground carousel.
- 4
A detour.
adjective
- 1
Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
- 2
Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
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