carnivals

noun
UK /ˈkɑːnɪvəlz/
US /ˈkɑːrnɪvəlz/

Carnivals are fun events with rides, games, music, and lots of people having a good time.

The whole town goes to the carnivals every summer to ride the Ferris wheel and eat cotton candy.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Times of public celebration with music, dancing, and costumes, often before Lent.

The carnivals in Rio and Venice draw visitors from all over the world.

3. Traveling shows with rides and side stalls that set up in different places.

Two carnivals are coming to the fairground this month.

4. Periods of wild celebration and noisy merrymaking.

The end-of-term carnivals left the campus covered in streamers.