CROSSROAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crossroad mean? 

• CROSSROAD (noun)
  The noun CROSSROAD has 1 sense:

1. a junction where one street or road crosses another

  Familiarity information: CROSSROAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROSSROAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A junction where one street or road crosses another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carrefour; crossing; crossroad; crossway; intersection

Hypernyms ("crossroad" is a kind of...):

junction (the place where two or more things come together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crossroad"):

corner; street corner; turning point (the intersection of two streets)

grade crossing; level crossing (intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass)

Holonyms ("crossroad" is a part of...):

road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)

 Context examples 

A horseman, fantastically dressed in green and splendidly mounted, was waiting at the crossroads, and as he spurred towards us I recognised the dark, handsome face and bold black eyes of Mendoza.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Crossroads had, as he explained, been rare places for knightly spear-runnings, and in his youth it was no uncommon thing for a cavalier to abide for weeks at such a point, holding gentle debate with all comers, to his own advancement and the great honor of his lady.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)