rotary
2
4.3
- noun
- /ˈroʊtəri/
- US
:
rotonda
- The city is installing new signage to help drivers navigate the busy rotary more easily.
Examples
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Cars careen around the traffic rotary, so close she nearly chokes on the oily fumes.
Fiction book (1996) -
"Take the sixth exit off the rotary" was not a command I had to process.
Blog text (21) -
"Oops," I say as we come out of the curve of a rotary.
Fiction book (2001) -
My knowledge of New England consisted of several conferences held within comfortable hotels, a guest lectureship at Johns Hopkins, and a frustrating day of maneuvering a rented car through rotaries in an attempt to find Cape Cod.
Fiction book (1997) -
At the rotary, traffic flows smoothly as cars merge seamlessly into the circular junction.
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After getting lost, we finally found the right exit at the rotary near the shopping center.
Synonyms
62
3.5
A road junction where traffic moves around a central island
8
3.4
A circular road junction where traffic moves around a central island
2
2.8
A round road junction where cars go around a central island to enter or leave
A large roundabout where traffic moves one way
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.9
A machine that makes power by turning parts around a central point, used in cars or planes
- Specialized
1
6.9
A set of long rotating blades on a helicopter that lift it and let it hover
- Archaic
A machine with a spinning part that changes alternating current into direct current and back
- Specialized
A device that tells how far a rotating shaft has turned by sending a code
- Specialized
A machine with rotating spikes that breaks and smooths soil before planting
- Specialized
A connection between two parts that lets one part turn around a single straight line like in the forearm
- Specialized
A car engine that makes power using a spinning three-sided piece instead of moving pistons
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rotary meaning a road junction comes from the Latin rota 'wheel' and the same root as rotate, so imagine traffic moving around a centre like a wheel — that is why a roundabout is called a rotary.