crossway

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noun

A crossroad.

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Meanings

nouncrossway (plural crossways)

plural crossways

  1. archaicA crossroad.

    You're young, Mord Em'ly, and you've come now, it seems to me, to an important kind of crossway in your life, and if you take the wrong turning you'll lose yourself.

    1898, W. Pett Ridge, Mord Em'ly, Chapter 17

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna junction where one street or road crosses another

Similar
intersectioncrossroadcrossingcarrefour
Broader
junction
Also see
crossingcrossroadintersection

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From cross + way.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Waycross
Cite this entry
APA

crossway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossway

MLA

“crossway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossway. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crossway,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossway.

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