roundabout way
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roundabout way — noun a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) • Syn: ↑detour • Derivationally related forms: ↑detour (for: ↑detour) • Hypernyms: ↑road, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
roundabout way — round and round, indirect route … English contemporary dictionary
roundabout — round|a|bout1 [ˈraundəbaut] n BrE 1.) a raised circular area where three or more roads join together and which cars must drive around American Equivalent: traffic circle ▪ Turn left at the first roundabout. →↑mini roundabout 2.) a round structure … Dictionary of contemporary English
roundabout — [[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… … English dictionary
way — noun 1 method/style ADJECTIVE ▪ convenient, easy, effective, efficient, good, ideal, practical, quick, simple, useful … Collocations dictionary
roundabout — 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 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
roundabout — 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 … English dictionary
roundabout — 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 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
roundabout — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, Ferris wheel, O shaped, ambages, ambagious, ambient, anfractuous, apparent, backhanded, balled up, bypass, carousel, chubby, chute the chutes, chutes, circling, circuit, circuitous, circular, circumambages,… … Moby Thesaurus
roundabout — Ho olalau, lauwili, loloiāhili. ♦ Roundabout way to lead up to a subject, ho ohelehele ōlelo … English-Hawaiian dictionary
