carousel

English

A carousel ride (1).

A baggage carousel (2) at an airport.

A carousel UI component (4).

From French carrousel, from Italian carosello, probably from carro (“cart”), from Latin carrus. Not believed to be related to carousal.

carousel (plural carousels)

A merry-go-round (type of ride on rotating platform).
- 1951, J. D. Salinger, chapter 25, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:
  That's one nice thing about carrousels^[sic], they always play the same song.
A continuously revolving device for item delivery.
After collecting his suitcase at the baggage carousel, he left the airport.
The rotating glass plate in a microwave oven.
(graphical user interface) A visual component that displays a horizontal series of items one at a time.
An equestrian discipline in which groups of riders make various formations.
(historical) A tilting match or tournament accompanied by games, shows, and allegorical performances.

merry-go-round — see merry-go-round

revolving device to deliver items

rotating glass plate in a microwave oven

carousel (third-person singular simple present carousels, present participle carouseling or carouselling, simple past and past participle carouseled or carouselled)

to revolve or change places