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  • 11roundabout — [[t]ra͟ʊndəbaʊt[/t]] roundabouts 1) N COUNT A roundabout is a circular structure in the road at a place where several roads meet. You drive round it until you come to the road that you want. [BRIT] Syn: island (in AM, use traffic circle) 2) N… …

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  • 12Roundabout — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Toponyme 1.1  Canada 1.1.1 …

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  • 13roundabout — I UK [ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt] / US noun [countable] Word forms roundabout : singular roundabout plural roundabouts British * 1) a circular area where three or more roads meet that you have to drive around in one direction in order to get onto another road …

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  • 14roundabout — round|a|bout1 [ raundə,baut ] adjective usually before noun not direct, simple, or short: a roundabout route He always says things in a roundabout way. roundabout round|a|bout 2 [ raundə,baut ] noun count BRITISH 1. ) a TRAFFIC CIRCLE or ROTARY 2 …

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  • 15roundabout — /ˈraʊndəbaʊt / (say rownduhbowt) noun 1. → merry go round (def. 1). 2. a. a road junction at which the flow of traffic is facilitated by moving in one direction only round a circular arrangement. b. the circular structure in the middle of an… …

  • 16roundabout — n. to ride a roundabout (BE; CE has merry go round) * * * [ raʊndəbaʊt] to ride a roundabout (BE;CE has merry go round) …

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  • 17roundabout — 1 noun (C) BrE 1 a raised circular area which cars drive around, used where three or more roads join; traffic circle AmE 2 round structure which children sit on while people push it around and around; merry­go­round AmE 3 a merry­go­round (1) see …

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  • 18roundabout — adjective 1) a roundabout route Syn: circuitous, indirect, meandering, serpentine, tortuous Ant: direct, straight 2) I asked in a roundabout sort of way Syn: indirect …

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  • 19roundabout — adjective 1) a roundabout route Syn: circuitous, indirect, meandering, serpentine, tortuous 2) I asked in a roundabout sort of way Syn: indirect, oblique, circuitous, circumlocutory • …

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  • 20roundabout — [ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt] noun [C] British I 1) a circular area where three or more roads meet 2) a circular structure in a PLAYGROUND that children sit on while someone pushes it round • See: swing II II adj roundabout [ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt] not direct, simple, or …

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