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CROSSWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crossway mean? 

CROSSWAY (noun)
  The noun CROSSWAY has 1 sense:

1. a junction where one street or road crosses anotherplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CROSSWAY (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 ("crossway" is a kind of...):

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

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

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 ("crossway" is a part of...):

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


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