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carnival
[ kahr-nuh-vuhl ]
noun
- a traveling amusement show, having sideshows, rides, etc.
- any merrymaking, revelry, or festival, as a program of sports or entertainment:
a winter carnival.
Synonyms: holiday, fete, celebration, fair
- the season immediately preceding Lent, often observed with merrymaking; Shrovetide.
carnival
/ ˈkɑːnɪvəl /
noun
- a festive occasion or period marked by merrymaking, processions, etc: esp in some Roman Catholic countries, the period just before Lent
- ( as modifier )
a carnival atmosphere
- a travelling fair having merry-go-rounds, etc
- a show or display arranged as an amusement
- a sports meeting
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Other Words From
- carni·val·esque carni·val·like adjective
- pre·carni·val adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of carnival1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of carnival1
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Example Sentences
Lupher says the Carnival Magic tried to land in Cozumel, but that the Mexican authorities blocked them from the dock.
People aboard the Carnival Magic have another day and a half at sea before they reach Galveston, Texas.
Dispensable human warmth is enough of a sell, even without the dolls and magical pictures on sale at her traveling carnival.
For those who did show up, the event resembled a political carnival.
Was the hammer scene, for you, like that strength game at the carnival where you hit the block with the hammer?
At two o'clock, the general of the Carnival opens the public ball with the Mugnaia.
If you wanted to let her go you did so; if not, you talked in the squeaky voice that is the recognized etiquette of the carnival.
If the work goes well I shall try to arrange for you both to come here in the Carnival Week, so that you may hear it.
The Turkish lines stretched away to his left; he had cleared their flank, and the battle raged in its mad carnival behind him.
The story goes that one night during the carnival he was wounded by some masqueraders, who mistook him for another person.
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