CARREFOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carrefour mean? 

• CARREFOUR (noun)
  The noun CARREFOUR has 1 sense:

1. a junction where one street or road crosses another

  Familiarity information: CARREFOUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARREFOUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A junction where one street or road crosses another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carrefour; crossing; crossroad; crossway; intersection

Hypernyms ("carrefour" is a kind of...):

junction (the place where two or more things come together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carrefour"):

corner; street corner; turning point (the intersection of two streets)

grade crossing; level crossing (intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass)

Holonyms ("carrefour" is a part of...):

road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)