crisscross

Examples

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• Adamma, wearing a crisscross head tie, raises the corner of her skirt in her coquettish coda to the masquerade play.

  Academic text (2003)

• So you've got this open back here, these bits here, it's got this crisscross back, which is really nice.

• I'm just wearing some little like wedge shoes that have kind of a black crisscross thing going on.

• I do like that the top has like fun detailing like this kind of front crisscross situation and then this like frill at the bottom.

• It's like a black baby crock tee with like this cute little crisscross detail.

  Molly Burke

• Hot glue two candy canes together in a crisscross pattern.

  Blog text (2)

• But now, I look at my hand, and I notice the slight crisscross pattern over my forefinger knuckles.

  Blog text (23)

• The team also found the font's floor, which includes three layers of wood laid in crisscross fashion and held together with nails and screws.

  Blog text (7)

• I remember these barrettes we made, lacing thin ribbon in a crisscross pattern onto metal snap-type barrettes.

  Blog text (11)

• The tablecloth features a stylish crisscross pattern that adds a modern touch to the dining room.

Synonyms

I

intersecting

vscrisscross

4 3.9

A line or path that crosses another, often making an X shape

focuses on an overall marked pattern rather than the act of crossing

C

crisscrossed

vscrisscross

3 4.1

Covered with lines or paths that go in different directions

is the same in meaning but differs in grammatical form

C

crosshatched

vscrisscross

• Specialized

1 7.4

Having sets of crossing lines to show dark or textured areas

applies to any crossing pattern beyond artistic shading

I

intersectant

vscrisscross

9.6

Crossing each other to form an X shape

describes general crossing patterns not limited to X shapes

How Intersecting

crosshatched

• Specialized

1 7.4

latticed

1 5.6

crisscross

2 3.5

crossed

62 1.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology