carrefours

noun

plural of carrefour
as in intersections
a place where roads meet our hotel in Montreal was adjacent to a noisy carrefour

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  1. intersections
  2. corners
Noun
  • The seven-turn race will loop around the east end of the National Mall and run down Pennsylvania and Independence Avenues, home to some of the city's most important traffic intersections.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The plan also calls for bulb-outs and raised crosswalks at high-traffic intersections.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of intersections
Noun
  • That intersection is at the four corners border of Romulus, Westland, Dearborn Heights and Taylor.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The object also reveals how cosmopolitan the Qianlong court was, which, like the Mughal court in India, welcomed artisans from all corners of China and the rest of the world, according to Wang.
    — Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of corners
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“Carrefours.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrefours. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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