Four-way

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti, cheese, and onions or sometimes beans. Cincinnati
Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to four different directions. attributive, not-comparable

    "a four-way stop"

Example

More examples

"You should slow down when you approach a four-way intersection."

Etymology

The sense referring to a serving of Cincinnati chili was coined in the 1920s by Tom and John Kiradjieff, Slavic-Macedonian immigrants to Cincinnati, for their Empress Chili chain.

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four-way stop

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