spaghetti junction
noun
an interchange, usually between motorways, in which there are a large number of underpasses and overpasses and intersecting roads used by a large volume of high-speed traffic
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Word Origin for spaghetti junction
C20: from the nickname of the Gravelly Hill Interchange, Birmingham, where the M6, A38M, A38, and A5127 intersect
Words nearby spaghetti junction
spaetzle, spaewife, spag, spaghetti, spaghettification, spaghetti junction, spaghettini, spaghetti squash, spaghetti strap, spaghetti western, spagyric
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