Definitions for detour

detour de·tour

Spelling: [dee-too r, dih-too r]
IPA: /ˈdi tʊər, dɪˈtʊər/

Detour is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in detour (deortu).

Definitions for detour

noun

  1. a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
  2. an indirect or roundabout procedure, path, etc.

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to make a detour.
  2. to make a detour around:

verb (used without object)

  1. to make a detour; go by way of a detour.

Origin of detour

1730-40 French détour, Old French destor, derivative of destorner to turn aside, equivalent to des- de- + torner to turn

Examples for detour

These hills are exceedingly varied, so that the detour of the place is very pleasing.

On the way to the West Bank, perhaps you could take a detour to visit some of the African neighborhoods in Tel Aviv.

The tide had come in and I had to make quite a detour to get to you.

Hastily mounting a mule he made a detour of the straw stack and reported.

Sarka had noted where the end of it had been, and started to detour, his eyes on the floor.

"Some detour," the scoutmaster said with an air of infinite relief.

I knew what I wanted to do, and college just felt like a detour.

Michel's rise was so rapid that the Israeli Knesset episode stood out as a detour, a rare false note.

I will detour for a moment because this where I often see interviewers and pundits roll their eyes.

The ice cream remains reason enough to detour off I-84 for a visit to this mid-20th century gem.

Word Value for detour
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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