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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
carfax

see carrefour.

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carfax

n. 1 a junction of four roads 2 the main intersection in a town

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Carfax (company)

Carfax, Inc. is a commercial web-based service that supplies vehicle history reports to individuals and businesses on used cars and light trucks for the American and Canadian consumers.

Carfax

Carfax may refer to:

  • Carfax, Oxford, England.
  • Carfax Conduit, a structure built in 1617 that used to supply water to the city of Oxford, and is now preserved as a monument in the grounds of Nuneham House in Oxfordshire in England.
  • Carfax Tutorial Establishment, an independent school and tutorial college in Oxford, England.
  • Carfax Education, an international group of educational businesses or one of the group's constituent members.
  • Carfax (company), a paid web service providing vehicle history information.
  • Carfax 250, a motor race
  • The Carfax Gallery which was founded by William Rothenstein
  • The centre of Horsham, West Sussex, England
  • The fictional home in England of Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel; in the 1931 film and several subsequent adaptations, it became "Carfax Abbey".
  • The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Usage examples of "carfax".

I ran back at once, told the watchman to get three or four men immediately and follow me into the grounds of Carfax, in case our friend might be dangerous.

Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.

The estate is called Carfax, no doubt a corruption of the old Quatre Face, as the house is four sided, agreeing with the cardinal points of the compass.

Same are to be delivered at Carfax, near Purfleet, immediately on receipt at goods station King's Cross.

We know from the inquiry of Jonathan that from the castle to Whitby came fifty boxes of earth, all of which were delivered at Carfax, we also know that at least some of these boxes have been removed.

There were, he said, six in the cartload which he took from Carfax and left at 197 Chicksand Street, Mile End New Town, and another six which he deposited at Jamaica Lane, Bermondsey.

I remembered my experience of the investigation and purchase of Carfax, and I could not but feel that I could find the former owner there might be some means discovered of gaining access to the house.

We broke house at Carfax, but we had night and a walled park to protect us.

I expected to see him in some shape go back to Carfax, but he evidently sought some other lair.

As to the disposal of forces, it was suggested by the Professor that, after our visit to Carfax, we should all enter the house in Piccadilly.

We entered Carfax without trouble and found all things the same as on the first occasion.

He has just now, 12:45, come from Carfax hurriedly and hastened towards the South.

He is as yet only suspicious, and he went from Carfax first to the place where he would suspect interference least.

She is now quite awake, and look so well as I never saw her since that night at Carfax when we first enter the Count's house.

The house was enormous, but unlike his Carfax Abbey haunt, it was lovely and modern, with thick carpeting, beautiful art and antiques, and not a cobweb or Renfield to be seen.