Main entry: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, whirligig, roundabout
Definition: a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
Main entry: traffic circle, circle, rotary, roundabout
Definition: a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
Usage: the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary
Main entry: roundabout, devious, circuitous
Definition: deviating from a straight course
Usage: a scenic but devious route; a long and circuitous journey by train and boat; a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
Main entry: circuitous, roundabout
Definition: marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
Usage: the explanation was circuitous and puzzling; a roundabout paragraph; hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend