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2 definitions • 2 examples
1
a
device
that
controls
the way into or out of a
building
, room, or
area
of
land
,
especially
one that you have to
pay
to
enter
. It is a
post
with a
number
of
short
poles
sticking
out from it that have to be
pushed
round
as each person
walks
through the
entrance
:
Examples:
The
number
of
spectators
going through the turnstiles is up from last
season
.
2
a
device
with waist-high
horizontal
bars
that one person at a time can
push
around to
enter
a place,
esp
. a place that you
pay
to use:
Examples:
More than 18
million
visitors
have
poured
through Disneyland’s turnstiles.
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