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four-way

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.41 in modern English

Syllables
four-way
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

relating to four different directions.

noun

A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti, cheese, and onions or sometimes beans.

Example Sentences

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.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

four-ways (plural)

Phrases

four-way stop

Frequently Paired Words

three-way five-way six-way

Questions

What does four-way mean?
relating to four different directions.
Where does four-way come from?
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.

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