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cloverleaf

[ kloh-ver-leef ]

noun

plural cloverleafs, cloverleaves.
  1. a road arrangement, resembling a four-leaf clover in form, for permitting easy traffic movement between two intersecting high-speed highways. One highway passes over the other, and both are joined by a system of curved feeder roads permitting vehicles to enter and leave the highways.


adjective

  1. shaped like or resembling a leaf or leaves of clover.

cloverleaf

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noun

  1. an arrangement of connecting roads, resembling a four-leaf clover in form, that joins two intersecting main roads
  2. modifier in the shape or pattern of a leaf of clover
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cloverleaf1

First recorded in 1930–35; clover + leaf
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Regularly, I found myself inching around the cloverleaf next to a handsome man in a blue BMW.

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The more extensive plans now reportedly include making way for two new highways, two large roundabouts, a giant cloverleaf and the widening of other roads.

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The sanctuary area was something of a maritime highway cloverleaf.

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And then, as we approached a cloverleaf on-ramp to the highway, the car started to accelerate.

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Next, Mr. Irwin wanted help producing the acrylic disks for which he would become known: evanescent convex shapes, mounted so they seemed to hover and lit from four sides to create a cloverleaf pattern.

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