ROUNDABOUT


Meaning of ROUNDABOUT in English

n. & adj.

--n.

1. Brit. a road junction at which traffic moves in one direction round a central island.

2 Brit. a a large revolving device in a playground, for children to ride on. b MERRY-GO-ROUND 1.

--adj. circuitous, circumlocutory, indirect.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.