"carfax" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carfaxes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English carfukes, an Anglicisation of Latin quadrifurcus (“four-pronged, four-forked”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|carfukes}} Middle English carfukes, {{der|en|la|quadrifurcus||four-pronged, four-forked}} Latin quadrifurcus (“four-pronged, four-forked”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} carfax (plural carfaxes)
  1. A junction of four roads. Translations (four-road junction): neliristeys (Finnish), neljäntienristeys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-carfax-en-noun-6EiwILJk Disambiguation of 'four-road junction': 78 22
  2. The main intersection in a town. Categories (topical): Road transport
    Sense id: en-carfax-en-noun-akt6NA9y Disambiguation of Road transport: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Carfax

Inflected forms

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