Detour - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Detour :  (noun)

1: a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) [syn: roundabout way] (verb)

1: travel via a detour

Based on WordNet 2.0

Detour : \De`tour"\, n. [F. d['e]tour, fr. d['e]tourner to turn aside; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-) _ tourner to turn. See Turn.] A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Detour, MD Zip code(s): 21725

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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