"spaghetti junction" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spaghetti junctions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spaghetti junction (plural spaghetti junctions)
  1. A complicated interchange with many intertwining roads. Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-spaghetti_junction-en-noun-iwJ7RQd8 Disambiguation of Roads: 84 16
  2. Any complicated intertwining of paths, whether physical or metaphorical.
    Sense id: en-spaghetti_junction-en-noun-3Bhhn9kU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 81

Inflected forms

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