CROSSWORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crossword mean? 

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

1. a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROSSWORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

crossword; crossword puzzle

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

puzzle (a game that tests your ingenuity)