cloverleaf

UK: /ˈkləʊvə^rliːf/ US: /ˈkloʊvɚˌlif/ ,(klō′vər lēf′)

Inflections of 'cloverleaf' (n):

cloverleafs

npl

cloverleaves

npl

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

clo•ver•leaf /ˈkloʊvɚˌlif/   n., pl. -leafs, -leaves, adj. 
n. [countable]

1. Civil Engineering, Transport a road arrangement resembling a four-leaf clover in form, for permitting traffic between two intersecting highways:
   We got onto the cloverleaf and entered the highway going south.

adj. [before a noun]

2. shaped like a leaf of clover:
   a cloverleaf arrangement of roads.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

clo•ver•leaf  (klō′vər lēf′), n., pl. -leafs, -leaves, adj. 
n. 

1. Civil Engineering, Transport a road arrangement, resembling a four-leaf clover in form, for permitting easy traffic movement between two intersecting high-speed highways. One highway passes over the other, and both are joined by a system of curved feeder roads permitting vehicles to enter and leave the highways.

adj. 

2. shaped like or resembling a leaf or leaves of clover.

• clover + leaf 1930–35

clo′ver•leafed′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

cloverleaf / ˈkləʊvəˌliːf/ noun ( -leaves)

1. an arrangement of connecting roads, resembling a four-leaf clover in form, that joins two intersecting main roads
2. (modifier) in the shape or pattern of a leaf of clover