EGAVE

roundabout

About 0.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
  2. adjective Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
  3. noun A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
  4. noun 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.
  5. noun A fairground carousel.
  6. noun A detour.
  7. noun A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
  8. noun A round dance.

Similar words

circuitous rotary indirect devious whirligig carousel merry-go-round circle traffic circle maneuvering

Often followed by

way route and ways methods method papers fashion manner

Word family

roundaboutness roundaboutnesses roundabouts

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