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The junction of the High Sreet, St Aldate's, Queen Street and Cornmarket Street at the centre of Oxford.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Oxford City
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noun
A junction of four roads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: carfour
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noun
The main intersection in a town.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
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”).
From Middle English carfukes, an Anglicisation of Latin quadrifurcus (“four-pronged, four-forked”). Doublet of carfour.
Across languages
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