cloverleaf

4 definitions found

cloverleaf - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Interchange \In`ter*change"\, n. [Cf. OF. entrechange.]
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     1. The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving
        and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange of civilities
        between two persons. "Interchange of kindnesses." --South.
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     2. The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or
        countries; barter; commerce. --Howell.
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     3. Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.
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              The interchanges of light and darkness. --Holder.
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              Sweet interchange
              Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
                                                    --Milton.
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     4. An intersection between highways, having two or more
        levels and a series of connecting roadways so that traffic
        on one highway may pass over or under the other highway
        without crossing through the line of traffic, and vehicles
        may pass from one highway to the other while traffic on
        both highways continues uninterrupted. A common
        interchange is the cloverleaf.
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  cloverleaf \cloverleaf\ n.
     a highway interchange between two roads in which the
     connecting road pattern resembles a four-leaf clover, and
     which allows moving from one road to another without
     left-hand turns. One road passes over the other, and the exit
     from one highway and entrance into the second highway
     proceeds from the right-hand lane in all directions.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

cloverleaf - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cloverleaf
      n 1: an interchange that does not require left-hand turns

cloverleaf - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Cloverleaf, TX (CDP, FIPS 15628)
    Location: 29.78735 N, 95.17280 W
    Population (1990): 18230 (6913 housing units)
    Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)