Noun carnival has 3 senses
  1. carnival - a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
    --1 is a kind of
    festival, fete
    --1 has particulars: Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday
  2. circus, carnival - a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a circus or carnival; "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
    --2 is a kind of disturbance
  3. carnival, fair, funfair - a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
    --3 is a kind of show
    --3 has parts: midway
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