Link Centre Dictionary

detour

de·tour

UK/ˈdiː.tɔː(ɹ)/ US/ˈdiː.tʊə(ɹ)/ fairly common

noun

1.

verb

1.

travel via a detour

Origin

Borrowed from French détour, from détourner (“turn away”).

Phrases

  • equal detour point

Related words

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.