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Crossway

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A crossroad.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A crossroad.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See crossroad.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A cross-road.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a junction where one street or road crosses another

Word Usage

"At last he came to where another road crossed the way he followed, and about the crossway was the ground clearer of trees, while beyond it the trees grew thicker, and there was some underwood of holly and thorn as the ground fell off as towards a little dale."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

junction

Cross Reference

crossroad

Variant

crossroad

Hyponym

street corner corner turning point grade crossing level crossing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cross crossing crosswalk

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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