"three-way" meaning in English

See three-way in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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. Doublet of trivia. Etymology templates: {{doublet|en|trivia}} Doublet of trivia Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} three-way (not comparable)
  1. (attributive) Relating to three different directions. Tags: attributive, not-comparable Categories (topical): Three Derived forms: three-way girl, three-way stop, three-way switch Translations (in three directions): kolmisuuntainen (Finnish), treveis (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-three-way-en-adj-3NBbeCaC Disambiguation of Three: 16 33 16 36

Noun

Forms: three-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. Doublet of trivia. Etymology templates: {{doublet|en|trivia}} Doublet of trivia Head templates: {{en-noun}} three-way (plural three-ways)
  1. Sexual activity involving three individuals. Categories (topical): Foods, Sex, Three Synonyms: threesome, ménage à trois
    Sense id: en-three-way-en-noun-gDFXqhet Disambiguation of Foods: 5 16 42 38 Disambiguation of Sex: 5 67 11 16 Disambiguation of Three: 16 33 16 36
  2. (Cincinnati) A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti and cheese. Tags: Cincinnati Categories (topical): Foods, Three
    Sense id: en-three-way-en-noun-mDy4ptpT Disambiguation of Foods: 5 16 42 38 Disambiguation of Three: 16 33 16 36 Categories (other): Cincinnati English
  3. Synonym of three-card monte Categories (topical): Foods, Three Synonyms: three-card monte [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-three-way-en-noun-xhPWDIBx Disambiguation of Foods: 5 16 42 38 Disambiguation of Three: 16 33 16 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 15 28 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 10 16 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 14 30 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 16 29 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 14 24 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 10 14 24 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: threeway Hyponyms: FFM, MMF Coordinate_terms: four-way, five-way, six-way

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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