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roleta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • roulette noun A casino gambling game where a ball spins around a numbered wheel and players bet on where it will land.
  • turnstile noun A mechanical gate with rotating arms that lets one person through at a time, often after a ticket or payment.

Senses

roleta is used for these senses in English:

  • roulette (uncountable) A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
  • turnstile A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.

roulette — full definition

  1. noun A casino gambling game where a ball spins around a numbered wheel and players bet on where it will land.
  2. noun A risky situation where the odds of serious harm are left to chance (as in the phrase "Russian roulette").

turnstile — full definition

  1. noun A mechanical gate with rotating arms that lets one person through at a time, often after a ticket or payment.
  2. noun In logic, the "⊢" symbol used to show that a statement follows from what comes before it.

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