roundabout
Meaning of roundabout
noun
- (Australia and sometimes United States) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
- 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.
- A fairground carousel.
- A detour.
- A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
- A round dance.
- Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
- Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
Information about roundabout
- The plural form of roundabout is: roundabouts.
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Hyphenation of roundabout
round-about
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- roundabout is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
roundabout synonyms
Meaning circuitous:
Meaning devious:
Meaning traffic circle:
Meaning carousel:
carousel, carrousel, whirligig
Translation of roundabout
- Spanish: rotonda, tortuoso, tortuosa, sinuoso, sinuosa
- Italian: rotatoria, rotonda, tortuoso, sinuoso
- Portuguese: rotatória, rotunda
- German: abwegig
- French: tortueux, sinueux, retors
Words that rhyme with roundabout
bout, Marabout, about, changeabout, eastabout, gadabout, haulabout, hereabout, howsabout, knockabout, layabout, marabout, nearabout, puntabout, raceabout, rightabout, rouseabout, roustabout, runabout, stirabout, straightabout, thenabout, thereabout, turnabout, walkabout, westabout, whafabout, whereabout, whirlabout, Tiebout, debout, turnbout, rubout
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