crossway
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈkrɔːsweɪ/
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intersección
- It's the spot—do you remember?—where Calvin Timms painted his face with catsup and lay crossways in the road, pretending to have been struck by a car.
Examples
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Music was coming from inside, and I could see him already working on the fish, straddling a bench with a cleaning board nailed to it crossways, the fish jammed in a bucket of water by his side.
Fiction book (1996) -
Bodies lay in mummified poses at every turn of the corridor and piled in the crossways.
Fiction book (1999) -
He paused at a lighted crossway and waited to be certain it was clear.
Fiction book (1991) -
For him, lifelong, all his experiences in that house would be gathered around the images of the Philco radio and the tiny dark hall that was the crossway to the bedrooms, kitchen, and bath.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the headlights and the moonlight, I could see two tall ridges of dirt and rock crossways to the road on either side, as if threatening to pinch it between them.
Blog text (17) -
The car stopped at the crossway to let pedestrians cross safely.
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At the crossway, you can choose to go left towards the park or right towards the mall.
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The cyclist carefully navigated the crossway where two busy streets met.
Synonyms
118
2.6
A place where two roads or streets cross
83
2.0
A place where two or more roads meet
63
1.0
The place where two streets meet
61
3.0
A place where several roads, rivers, or train tracks meet
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1.7
A place where two roads or paths meet so people can go across
1
9.9
A place where two or more roads cross
A point where two lines meet to make a connection in electronics or networks
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crossway comes from the two simple parts cross and way, where cross means 'to go across' and way means 'road' or 'path'. Picture two roads meeting like an X: a crossway is the place where they cross, so it means a junction or intersection.