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Definition of Crossroad
1. Noun. A junction where one street or road crosses another.
Specialized synonyms: Corner, Street Corner, Turning Point, Grade Crossing, Level Crossing
Generic synonyms: Junction
Group relationships: Road, Route
Derivative terms: Cross
Definition of Crossroad
1. n. A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.
Definition of Crossroad
1. Noun. A road that crosses another ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crossroad
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossroad
Literary usage of Crossroad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. King's Official Route Guide. by Sidney J. King (Firm (1913)
"39.1 crossroad 40.6 crossroad 41.2 Pork, go right and cross bridge with iron
sides over creek, Oak Orchard 43.3 crossroad 44.4 crossroad (Hotel on right), ..."
2. Slipstream Stories, Return to the Source by Sonny Spots (2007)
"At a crossroad lined with vendors selling everything from decorative textiles of
every color imaginable and Hindu religious paraphernalia to children's toys ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"... when he would reach a short crossroad about a half or three quarters of a mile
in length and the only crossroad he would encounter, one that led over to ..."
4. The Leading Facts of New Mexican History by Ralph Emerson Twitchell (1917)
"... crossroad from the watering-place eight days of El Morro two days' Journey
from this place and by paying him well he would point out the said crossroad ..."
5. An Unorthodox Conception of Being: A Synthetic Philosophy of Ontology by William Ellsworth Hermance (1912)
"Let us go still farther and say: "Mr. A, you may get off at yonder crossroad and
let the train go on, or remain in your seat and go on with the train. ..."
6. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1902)
"He left the pike at the crossroad, and rode to the east, passing through an open
gateway on the west side of the track, and was about to cross the track, ..."
7. Journal by Anthropological Society of Bombay (1894)
"What ifl the origin of man's reverence for and fear of a crossroad ? ... "\Ve do
not know why the crossroad seemed to our fathers a ground to be chosen to ..."
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