cloverleaf
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vərˌlif noun
1.
a road arrangement, resembling a four-leaf clover in form, for permitting easy traffic movement between two intersecting high-speed highways. One highway passes over the other, and both are joined by a system of curved feeder roads permitting vehicles to enter and leave the highways.
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cloverleaf (ˈkləʊvəˌliːf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -leaves | |
| 1. | an arrangement of connecting roads, resembling a four-leaf clover in form, that joins two intersecting main roads |
| 2. | (modifier) in the shape or pattern of a leaf of clover |
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Cloverleaf
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
The finishing touches are being placed on flying cloverleaf expressways.
Three of the four quadrants for the cloverleaf are developed.
Cloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor roads.
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