Definitions

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  • adjective Of the form of a cross.

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  • adjective shaped in the form of a cross

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Examples

  • You'll be glad to know I resisted the urge to buy the clerical shirts with the French-cut sleeves and cross-shaped cuff links.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • A large cross-shaped fire crackled in the center of the room and was attended by two boys who occasionally fed it from a stack of firewood near the door.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • A large cross-shaped fire crackled in the center of the room and was attended by two boys who occasionally fed it from a stack of firewood near the door.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • You'll be glad to know I resisted the urge to buy the clerical shirts with the French-cut sleeves and cross-shaped cuff links.

    ACLJ Petition and Blog Tour 2009

  • She walked off her boat "Sunluver" wearing a white bathrobe, her face and lips swollen from the stings, and pulled up a sleeve to show a long cross-shaped welt on her right forearm.

    Diana Nyad Swim: Cuba To Florida Attempt Marred By Jellyfish Sting (VIDEO) 2011

  • The earthquake knocked off the cross-shaped finial stones on three of the four pinnacles that jut out from the top of the tower.

    Washington National Cathedral Damaged by Quake Tom Barkley 2011

  • Despite the cross-shaped welts and scars, Ruth could still find moments and reasons and ways to simply be a nine-year-old girl.

    Can I Take My Gun Up To Heaven? Jason Behrends 2010

  •  Must have been up a long time — that funny cross-shaped space is darker than the rest of the paint.

    Who Do You Say I Am 2010

  • Basque cross, or "lauburu," * a symbol of prosperity, is to the Basque what the fleur-de-lys is to France, and though you won't find as many French streets "fleurdelisé," * when in Basque country you will see the cross-shaped lauburu partout!

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • It took him nearly a month to finish his project, the cross-shaped cutouts to leave a holy mark, the verses etched in the handle, the stain and varnish, it really was a work of art.

    Can I Take My Gun Up To Heaven? Jason Behrends 2010

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