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# carousel

«carousel» in Mova's school dictionary: **a fairground ride with model horses or seats that go…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a carousel, carousels)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A carousel is a fairground ride with model horses or seats that go round and round to music; a merry-go-round. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carousel/#m1)

2) A carousel is a moving belt at an airport that brings passengers' luggage round. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carousel/#m2)

3) A carousel is a set of pictures or items on a website or slide show that turn one after another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carousel/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children ride a carousel at the fair; travellers wait at the baggage carousel. In maths, a carousel turning round is an example of turning and circles: a full turn is 360°. Phrases: ride the carousel, baggage carousel, picture carousel.

### examples

- We rode the carousel at the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carousel/#x1)
- My horse on the carousel went up and down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carousel/#x2)
- Our suitcase came round on the baggage carousel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carousel/#x3)
- The website has a carousel of photos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carousel/#x4)
- The carousel has 24 horses in 3 rings, so 8 horses in each ring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carousel/#x5)
- The carousel makes a full turn of 360° every minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carousel/#x6)

### note

Countable noun. In the UK it is also called a merry-go-round or roundabout; in the USA a merry-go-round. Spelling: one r at the start, one s, one l at the end.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «carousel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carousel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.