traffic circle

noun

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Fort Worth, under the tents in the parking lot of Texas Outdoors, on the Weatherford traffic circle (the confluence of U.S. 377, State Highway 183 and Camp Bowie). Kim Pierce, Dallas News, "Find spicy Hatch chile snacks, peak okra and other summer farm goods in Coppell," 27 Aug. 2019 Statues of her overlook fortresses and traffic circles. USA Today, "Were Wanda Tucker’s ancestors America’s first slaves? A difficult search for answers in far-away Angola," 22 Aug. 2019 Bear right at the small traffic circle and look for the parking area on the left just past Hunting Lodge Apartments. Peter Marteka, courant.com, "Swallowed up by the natural world near the bustling UConn campus," 26 July 2019 Prosecutors charged that Slatten, of Sparta, Tennessee, was the first to fire shots in the September 2007 massacre of Iraqi civilians at a crowded traffic circle in Baghdad. NBC News, "Former Blackwater security contractor sentenced to life in Iraq shootings," 14 Aug. 2019 Fort Worth, under the tents in the parking lot of Texas Outdoors, on the Weatherford traffic circle (the confluence of U.S. 377, State Highway 183 and Camp Bowie). Kim Pierce, Dallas News, "This Fort Worth farmers market has all locally-grown goods, including apples and giant tomatoes," 12 Aug. 2019 But running back Tarik Cohen, who sped through a traffic circle twice, laying rubber in a Polaris Slingshot, threw out the D-word after climbing out of his distinctive ride. Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, "The Bears aren’t shying away from lofty expectations, but now it’s time to go to work: ‘We haven’t put anything on a T-shirt yet’," 25 July 2019 By 1922, that location proved too small, so a 141-acre tract on the eastern edge of Taneytown near the present-day traffic circle became the next home of the Carroll County Fair. Bob Blubaugh, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Country singer Riley Green headlines concert, back by popular demand at Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair," 22 July 2019 Fort Worth, under the tents in the parking lot of Texas Outdoors, on the Weatherford traffic circle (the confluence of U.S. 377, State Highway 183 and Camp Bowie). Kim Pierce, Dallas News, "The Dallas Farmers Market is not the market you used to know. Is that a good thing?," 8 July 2019

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First Known Use of traffic circle

1942, in the meaning defined above

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traffic circle

noun

English Language Learners Definition of traffic circle

US : a circular area where two or more roads meet and on which all vehicles must go in the same direction

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