cross-shaped

Examples

• All

• "Colette no longer had a bandage, just a cross-shaped plaster where her wound had closed."

  Fiction book (1991)

• The most emblematic, cross-shaped building is the Big Dome (at the top of the top right illustration on p. 36).

  Academic text (2005)

• Once he brought me a cross-shaped piece of coal, carved by a blind man.

  Fiction book (1992)

• And then Beckett is showing an incredible detail wearing his arch Episcopal clothing, wearing a mitre, carrying a cross shaped staff.

• In that device, called a groma, a cross-shaped frame was mounted horizontally on a vertical column.

  Academic text (2003)

• Second, she sent a photo of a cross-shaped cut on her chest to a friend—allegedly days before the reported attack.

  Blog text (15)

• They pull their horses off the trail, dismount, and tie them to a large cross-shaped headstone.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The front of the seat has a cross-shaped pommel, and the backrest is an arched cantle.

  Academic text (2006)

• Variants of labyrinth construction include spiral, square, and cross-shaped motifs as canons for both spiritual and utilitarian labyrinths.

  Academic text (2000)

• The church features a beautiful cross-shaped window that adds to its architectural charm.

Synonyms

C

cruciate

vscross-shaped

• Specialized

1 9.4

Shaped like a cross with two arms that meet in the middle

has identical meaning but is an alternative form

C

cruciform

vscross-shaped

1 7.9

Shaped like a cross

has identical meaning but is an alternative form

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology