crosstie

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A form of cross-tie — A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.

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Meanings

nouncrosstie (plural crossties)

plural crossties

  1. alternativeAlternative form of cross-tie.

    Two steel rails ran the visible length of the tunnel, pinned into the dirt by wooden crossties.

    2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 80

Synonyms & antonyms

nounone of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

Similar
tierailroad tiesleeper
Broader
bracebracing
Also see
railroad tiesleepertie

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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crosstie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosstie

MLA

“crosstie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosstie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crosstie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosstie.

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