carfax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A junction of four roads.
  2. The main intersection in a town.
name
  1. The junction of the High Sreet, St Aldate's, Queen Street and Cornmarket Street at the centre of Oxford.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑr.fæks/ /ˈkɑː.faks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carfax.wav

Word forms

carfax carfaxes

Etymology

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

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