crossheading

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noun

A narrow opening for ventilation driven through coal or rock, separating the two passages.

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headwaycrosshead
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Meanings

nouncrossheading (plural crossheadings)

plural crossheadings

  1. businessA narrow opening for ventilation driven through coal or rock, separating the two passages.

    Synonyms: headway

  2. journalismSynonym of crosshead.

    Synonyms: crosshead

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA narrow opening for ventilation driven through coal or rock, separating the two passages.

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headway

nounSynonym of crosshead.

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crosshead

More synonyms by meaning

nouna heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text

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crosshead
Broader
headingheaderhead
Also see
crosshead

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From cross + heading.

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Cite this entry
APA

crossheading. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossheading

MLA

“crossheading.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossheading. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crossheading,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossheading.

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