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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers [syn: carousel, carrousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel]
2: a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement [syn: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig]

Merriam Webster's

also carrousel noun Etymology: French carrousel, from Italian carosello Date: 1650 1. a tournament or exhibition in which horsemen execute evolutions 2. a. merry-go-round b. a circular conveyor <the luggage carousel at the airport> c. a revolving case or tray used for storage or display

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (US carrousel) 1 US a merry-go-round or roundabout. 2 a rotating delivery or conveyor system, esp. for passengers' luggage at an airport. 3 hist. a kind of equestrian tournament. Etymology: F carrousel f. It. carosello

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(carousels) 1. At an airport, a carousel is a moving surface from which passengers can collect their luggage. N-COUNT 2. A carousel is a large circular machine with seats, often in the shape of animals or cars. People can sit on it and go round and round for fun. = merry-go-round, roundabout N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Ferris wheel, Highland games, Olympiad, Olympic games, chute-the-chutes, chutes, disk, field day, flying horses, games, gymkhana, meet, merry-go-round, rally, regatta, roller, roller coaster, rolling stone, rotator, rotor, roundabout, rundle, seesaw, swing, teeter-totter, the Olympics, top, tournament, tourney, track meet, wheel, whip, whirlabout, whirler, whirligig