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Synonyms for roundabout

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for roundabout

not taking a direct or straight line or course

characterized by repetition and excessive wordiness

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Synonyms for roundabout

a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement

marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct

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deviating from a straight course

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A document outlining the plans states: "The Transform Leatherhead Masterplan, adopted by the council in July 2016, following significant public support, identified a clear aspiration to remove the existing one-way system in Leatherhead around the gyratory.
Their report says that vehicle access to the site would be strictly limited because of the need to avoid adding to traffic problems on the Hanger Lane gyratory. It says the drop-off and pick-up of students would also be "strictly controlled".
Stacey Labour cabinet member for roads Coun Stewart Stacey said: "Everyone who visits the east of Birmingham knows about the problems with Bromford Gyratory."
TEMP-AVIA is a high-tech company specialized in design and production of gyratory equipment for aircraft and missiles.
Hussain and Timothy [6] proposed the concept of densification energy index through analysis of densification curve characteristic of gyratory compaction.
Similarly, why not penalise buses with no or few passengers, simply divert them away from town so they have to drop off at the "gyratory" on their way back out!
POP beauty Nicole Scherzinger turns into a one-woman gyratory system as she dances in the streets of LA yesterday.
The equipment includes a primary gyratory crusher, an autogenous grinding mill and three vertical grinding mills.
It employs two screening decks, and two unbalanced-weight gyratory motors mounted on opposing exterior sidewalls of the unit, instead of one motor positioned beneath the screening chamber, reducing minimum height requirements significantly.
"Older people can remember the area, but younger ones get on the bus at the Gyratory and hardly know what went before." At the heart of Queen Square was the Stork Hotel, a favourite haunt of actors from the nearby Royal Court and Playhouse theatres.
Large-scale gyratory systems also increase the need for road signage and pedestrian control systems.
The low-profile configuration employs two unbalanced-weight gyratory motors mounted on opposing exterior sidewalls of the unit, instead of one motor positioned beneath the screening chamber, reducing minimum height requirements significantly.