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Definition of "carrousel" [carrousel]

  • Variant of carousel. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "carrousel" in a sentence
  • "They could hear the music of the "carrousel," as a merry-go-round is sometimes called."
  • "But a ghostly kind of carrousel, because the rings aren't solid and you can look right through them."
  • "Already quaint and seedy: the draperied ladies on the frieze of the carrousel are his father’s father’s mooncheeked dreams; if he thinks of it more he will vomit his apple-on-a-stick."