main vs roundabout

main

adv
  • Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much. 

verb
  • To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game. 

noun
  • That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross. 

  • The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character. 

  • The high seas. 

  • A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main. 

  • A banker's shovel for coins. 

adj
  • Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal. 

  • Big; angry. 

  • Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part. 

  • Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel. 

roundabout

adj
  • Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. 

  • Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary. 

noun
  • A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus. 

  • A fairground carousel. 

  • A detour. 

  • A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century. 

  • A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island. 

verb
  • To play on a roundabout (carousel) 

  • To travel round roundabouts 

  • To talk in a roundabout, indirect manner 

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