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crossover

crossover

1 4.3
A bridge or path that lets people cross to the other side of a road
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɔsˌoʊvər/
: pasarela
  • The park features a crossover walkway that allows visitors to move from one side of the creek to the other.

Examples

  • Regular Q service below Prospect Park with Manhattan-bound Q crossing over to the Manhattan-bound center track after Parkside as usual, then crossing over to the Brighton-bound center track in crossover before Prospect Park.

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  • The city built a new crossover bridge to help pedestrians safely cross the busy street.

  • So you have underpasses, you have crossovers, bridges, Right, So that your traffic is not stopped.

  • Children used the crossover path to reach the playground located on the other side of the railway.

Synonyms

crossing
vscrossover
69 1.7

A place where two roads or paths meet so people can go across

is especially used for structures that allow passage over streets or railways
overpass
vscrossover
  • US
31 3.4

A bridge that lets one road or railway pass above another

is used for crossing by people or vehicles rather than linking two roads
crosswalk
vscrossover
  • US
19 1.0

A marked part of a road where people cross safely

is often a built crossing above or below roads rather than at road level
footbridge
vscrossover
5 3.2

A narrow path over water or a road for people to walk across, not for vehicles

can be any crossing for pedestrians or vehicles, not only narrow walking bridges
pedestrian crossing
vscrossover
  • UK
1 1.3

A marked place on a road where drivers must stop for people to cross

is often a built structure for crossing, not only road-level marked crossings
overcrossing
vscrossover
  • Specialized
1 5.6

A bridge that people use to cross a road or train tracks

is any path or structure used to cross, often specifically over roads or rails
level crossing
vscrossover
  • UK
1 3.6

A place where a road and train tracks cross at the same level with barriers that close for trains

usually means crossings built above roads or rails rather than at road level
underbridge
vscrossover
1 5.4

A bridge that goes under a road or railway to let traffic pass below

is different because it usually refers to crossings above roads or rails, not below

Antonyms

172 2.8

A thing that blocks movement or keeps places apart

Compounds

1 7.1

A person who belongs to one political party but votes in another party's primary

A work that mixes elements of two or more genres

How High

viaduct
6 7.2
overpass
  • US
31 3.4
crossover
1 4.3
footbridge
5 3.2
level crossing
  • UK
1 3.6

Surface Forms

crossover singular
crossovers plural

Morphology

crossover = cross (transparent) = over + cross

A physical structure for crossing is a literal instantiation of 'cross' + 'over' and is directly inferable. [Postprocessing: moved 'over' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Crossover comes from the parts cross ('to go from one side to another') and over ('across'). That is why a crossover can mean a path or structure, like a bridge or crossing, used to get safely from one side to the other.