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carfax

/ˈkɑː.faks/US/ˈkɑr.fæks/

carfax noun: a junction of four roads.

Noun

carfax (plural carfaxes)

  1. A junction of four roads.
    Synonyms:
    carfour
  2. The main intersection in a town.

Proper noun capitalized: Carfax

Carfax

  1. (Oxford City) The junction of the High Sreet, St Aldate's, Queen Street and Cornmarket Street at the centre of Oxford.

Synonyms of carfax

Forms of carfax

pluralcarfaxes

Origin of carfax

From Middle English carfukes, an Anglicisation of Latin quadrifurcus (“four-pronged, four-forked”). Doublet of carfour.

From carfax (“a junction of four roads; the main intersection in a town”), from Middle English carfukes, an Anglicisation of Latin quadrifurcus (“four-pronged, four-forked”).

Questions about carfax

What does carfax mean?
Carfax means a junction of four roads.
What part of speech is carfax?
Carfax can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce carfax?
Carfax is pronounced /ˈkɑr.fæks/ (US).
What is the plural of carfax?
The plural of carfax is carfaxes.

Words near carfax in the dictionary

  1. Carfagnos
  2. Carfano
  3. Carfanos
  4. carfare
  5. carfares
  6. carfax
  7. carfaxes
  8. carfecillin
  9. carfenazine
  10. carfentanil
  11. carfentanyl

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