cross-shaped
- adjective
- /krɔs-ʃeɪpt/
- Finally, Charles IV, now bent, inserts a cross-shaped relic into the magnificent reliquary cross he had actually commissioned to hold these treasures.
Examples
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"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.
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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.
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Etymology
Cross-shaped combines the everyday word cross, a sign made of two lines that meet, and the part -shaped, which means 'in the form of'. Think of a plus sign or two roads that cross, so cross-shaped means 'shaped like a cross'.