detour : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: detour	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for detour
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detour n a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) Synonym(s): detour, roundabout way v travel via a detour
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detour \De`tour"\, n. [F. d[82]tour, fr. d[82]tourner to turn aside; pref. d[82]- (L. dis-) + tourner to turn. See {Turn}.] A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Detour, MD Zip code(s): 21725