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four-way

four-way adjective: relating to four different directions.

four-way: relating to four different directions
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Adjective

four-way (not comparable)

  1. (attributive) relating to four different directions.
    • a four-way stop

Noun

four-way (plural four-ways)

  1. (Cincinnati) A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti, cheese, and onions or sometimes beans.

Forms of four-way

pluralfour-ways

Origin of four-way

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.

Words formed from four-way

Phrases with four-way

Questions about four-way

What does four-way mean?
Four-way means relating to four different directions.
What part of speech is four-way?
Four-way can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near four-way in the dictionary

  1. four-velocity
  2. four-wall
  3. four-waller
  4. four-wallers
  5. four-walling
  6. four-way
  7. four-way cock
  8. four-way cocks
  9. four-way stop
  10. four-way switch
  11. four-way switches

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