roundabout

[ adjective round-uh-bout, round-uh-bout; noun round-uh-bout ]
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adjective
  1. circuitous or indirect, as a road, journey, method, statement or person.

  2. (of clothing) cut circularly at the bottom; having no tails, train, or the like.

noun
  1. a short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.

  2. British. a merry-go-round.

  1. a circuitous or indirect road, method, etc.

  2. Chiefly British. traffic circle.

Origin of roundabout

1
1525–35; round1 (adv.) + about

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British Dictionary definitions for roundabout

roundabout

/ (ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt) /


noun
  1. British a revolving circular platform provided with wooden animals, seats, etc, on which people ride for amusement; merry-go-round

  2. a road junction in which traffic streams circulate around a central island: US and Canadian name: traffic circle

  1. an informal name for boring mill

adjective
  1. indirect or circuitous; devious

adverb, prepositionround about
  1. on all sides: spectators standing round about

  2. approximately: at round about 5 o'clock

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