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carnival

noun

a festival marked by merrymaking and processions

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Word length
8
Starts with
C
Ends with
L
Contains
AR
Scrabble score
13
CEFR level
B2

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noun

  1. a festival marked by merrymaking and processions

noun

  1. a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

noun

  1. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment

    “it was so funny it was a circus”

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Example Sentences

it was so funny it was a circus
the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere

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