cloverleaf

1. 1.

   an interchange that does not require left-hand turns

   Broaderinterchange

Other forms of cloverleaf

plural

cloverleaves

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cloverleaf

What does cloverleaf mean?

cloverleaf means "an interchange that does not require left-hand turns".

How many syllables are in cloverleaf?

cloverleaf has 3 syllables: clo-ver-leaf. The stress falls on "clo". In IPA it is /ˈkloʊvɚˌlif/.

Is cloverleaf a common word?

cloverleaf is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.