There really should be no problem using between when referring to more than two individual items in specific contexts. It�s a fallacy � based on nothing more than its etymology � that it can only be used with two entities. In the entry for between, Merriam-Webster�s Dictionary of English Usage notes that "the unfounded notion that �between� can be used of only two items persists, most perniciously, perhaps, in schoolbooks". And in its entry for the same word, the authoritative Oxford English Dictionary (OED) observes: