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crosstown

crosstown

1 4.1
That goes from one side of a town or city to the other
  • adjective
  • /ˈkrɔsˌtaʊn/
  • US
translation icon : de un lado a otro de la ciudad
  • Many crosstown routes are congested during rush hour, making travel times longer.
  • crosstown rival

So Michael would watch Aaron Brooks play against Allen Iverson in the crosstown rivalry.

Examples

  • We took a crosstown route to avoid the downtown traffic jam on our way to the event.

  • Meanwhile, she and Debbie are rivaling each other like a couple of crosstown high schools.

    Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)

  • Meanwhile, she and Debbie are rivaling each other like a couple of crosstown high schools.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • So Michael would watch Aaron Brooks play against Allen Iverson in the crosstown rivalry.

    Julian Dorey

  • I even stopped off and got some crosstown doughnuts for Alfie and I and Otti, so I'll show you those when I get home.

  • The crosstown bus makes it easy to travel from one side of the city to the other.

Synonyms

intracity
vscrosstown
4.5

Transport that moves people or goods inside a city

is a specific route running from one side of the city to the other

Surface Forms

crosstown positive

Morphology

crosstown = town (transparent) = cross + town

The adjectival sense ('crosstown bus') is a direct compound meaning a route or service that goes across town. [Postprocessing: moved 'cross' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Crosstown (adjective) comes from the parts cross ('across') and town ('city'), so it describes a route or service that runs 'across the town'. That's why a crosstown bus or path goes from one side of the city to the other.