"four-way" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} four-way (not comparable)
  1. (attributive) relating to four different directions. Tags: attributive, not-comparable Derived forms: four-way stop
    Sense id: en-four-way-en-adj-HPl-7WOx

Noun

Forms: four-ways [plural]
Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} four-way (plural four-ways)
  1. (Cincinnati) A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti, cheese, and onions or sometimes beans. Tags: Cincinnati Categories (topical): Foods Coordinate_terms: three-way, five-way, six-way
    Sense id: en-four-way-en-noun-G8C~ypnB Disambiguation of Foods: 3 97 Categories (other): Cincinnati English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 99

Inflected forms

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