crisscross
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈkrɪsˌkrɔs/
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enrejado
- The floor was adorned with a crisscross tile layout that made the room feel more spacious.
- a little crisscross
- a crisscross of strings
- a crisscross of layers
Examples
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So then lay the belts down in a crisscross and place your plant on top.
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So it looks very similar to diamonds, but it has more of a crisscross effect.
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Crisscross pattern on the head.
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Repeat this set five times for a total of ten crisscrosses.
Blog text (1) -
The gazebo was a crisscross of pale lines, and a small orange cigarette flew into the shadows.
Fiction book (2000) -
The box had a crisscross of iron bars webbing it, and a butterfly clasp for a lock.
Fiction book (2002) -
It was all spread out below, the crisscross of streets in the canyons made by the buildings, the tiny cars and buses that looked like toys.
Fiction book (1990) -
Beyond town, there were still acres of fields and a crisscross of dirt roads where Betsy had gotten lost one afternoon before the start of the term, late in the day, when the sky was cobalt and the air was sweet with the scent of hay.
Fiction book (2001) -
It ought to have been a perfect spot at a perfect time, overlooking the crisscross-shadowed Little League fields and, beyond that, the seemingly endless grid of suburban avenues and boulevards fanning out like a spiderweb on all sides.
Fiction book (1995) -
The artist created a beautiful crisscross pattern using bright colors on the canvas.
Synonyms
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5.1
A frame of crossed bars that makes a screen or barrier
A situation in which things pass over each other, like cables
Antonyms
- Specialized
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3.7
A line or flat surface the same distance from another that never meets it
How Intersecting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crisscross is made from the repeated parts criss and cross, which both mean 'cross', so it names a pattern where lines meet and form a network. That is why a crisscross is a web or lattice of crossing lines.