As he was walking toward the train, his bag got caught on the turnstile.
Source: tatoeba (9243500)
Turnstile
//ˈtɝnstaɪl//
Synonyms for "turnstile" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
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1 entriesat location
5 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
13 entriesused for
11 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 31 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- պտուտակադռնակ noun (rotating mechanical device)
Catalan
1 entries- torniquet noun (rotating mechanical device)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 閘機 /闸机 noun (rotating mechanical device)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 通關機 /通关机 noun (rotating mechanical device)
- 閘機 /闸机 noun (rotating mechanical device)
- 驗票閘門 /验票闸门 noun (rotating mechanical device)
Czech
1 entries- turniket noun (rotating mechanical device)
Danish
1 entries- drejekors noun (rotating mechanical device)
Dutch
3 entries- draaihek noun (rotating mechanical device)
- draaikruis noun (rotating mechanical device)
- tourniquet noun (rotating mechanical device)
Esperanto
1 entries- turnbariero noun (rotating mechanical device)
Faroese
1 entries- krossbummur noun (rotating mechanical device)
Finnish
1 entries- kääntöportti noun (rotating mechanical device)
French
1 entries- tourniquet noun (rotating mechanical device)
German
1 entries- Drehkreuz noun (rotating mechanical device)
Greek
1 entries- τουρνικέ noun (rotating mechanical device)
Hungarian
4 entries- beléptetőkapu noun (rotating mechanical device)
- forgóajtó noun (rotating mechanical device)
- forgókereszt noun (rotating mechanical device)
- forgókorlát noun (rotating mechanical device)
Icelandic
2 entries- krosshlið noun (rotating mechanical device)
- veltihlið noun (rotating mechanical device)
Irish
1 entries- geata casta noun (rotating mechanical device)
Italian
1 entries- tornello noun (rotating mechanical device)
Japanese
1 entries- 自動改札機 noun (rotating mechanical device)
Korean
1 entries- 개집표기 noun (rotating mechanical device)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Dreipuat noun (rotating mechanical device)
Polish
4 entries- bramka noun (rotating mechanical device)
- bramka obrotowa noun (rotating mechanical device)
- kołowrót noun (rotating mechanical device)
- turnikiet noun (rotating mechanical device)
Portuguese
4 entries- borboleta noun (rotating mechanical device)
- catraca noun (rotating mechanical device)
- roleta noun (rotating mechanical device)
- torniquete noun (rotating mechanical device)
Romanian
1 entries- turnichet noun (rotating mechanical device)
Russian
1 entries- турнике́т noun (rotating mechanical device)
Spanish
3 entries- molinete noun (rotating mechanical device)
- torniquete noun (rotating mechanical device)
- torno noun (rotating mechanical device)
Swedish
1 entries- vändkors noun (rotating mechanical device)
Tagalog
1 entries- biling-bilingan noun (rotating mechanical device)
Turkish
1 entries- turnike noun (rotating mechanical device)
Ukrainian
1 entries- турніке́т noun (rotating mechanical device)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cổng quay noun (rotating mechanical device)
- cổng xoay noun (rotating mechanical device)
- cửa quay noun (rotating mechanical device)
- cửa xoay noun (rotating mechanical device)
Welsh
2 entries- giât dro noun (rotating mechanical device)
- llidiart tro noun (rotating mechanical device)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Tom tried to hop the turnstile without paying.
Source: tatoeba (11207492)
This turnstile doesn't work.
Source: tatoeba (12331416)
The fare was fixed at 2d., irrespective of distance, and was paid by passengers on passing through turnstiles at each station.
Source: wiktionary
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