Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A road that intersects another road.
- noun A place where two or more roads meet.
- noun A small, usually rural community situated at an intersection of two or more roads.
- noun A place that is centrally located.
- noun A crucial point.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cross-heading . 1 and . - noun A road that crosses from one main road to another; a by-road.
- noun A road that crosses another, especially a main road, or one of two or more roads that cross each other.
- noun plural Two or more roads so crossing; the point where they intersect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
crossroads (place where one road crosses another) - noun A
road thatcrosses another
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a junction where one street or road crosses another
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Examples
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She has gone through what she calls a crossroad with her relationship with Kelly Carpenter, and I think that she ` s just sort of saying, you know what?
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Coming to the main crossroad there was chaos as a car was broken down in the middle of the junction.
You Heard It Here First (Bulbgate) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Quantico is also known as the crossroad of the Corps, since so many Marines passed through the Marine Corps University here.
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At the end of the crossroad was a small cafe, one dark oak door open.
The Death of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1995
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Cantor is such a jerk, when a republican changes his mind it is a "crossroad", when a Democrat changes his mind it's "flip-flopping"!
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To find this restaurant, go back to Insadong-Gil street, turn right onto Insadong-negori (negori means "crossroad") and take the first alley to the left.
Seoul 2008
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(Chomphra-Thatoom), and visitors need to make a leftturn at Ban-Nongtart crossroad which is only 15 kilometers from Thatoom district.
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(Chomphra-Thatoom), and visitors need to make a leftturn at Ban-Nongtart crossroad which is only 15 kilometers from Thatoom district.
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That is the kind of crossroad he approaches this season.
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Adversity often provides the kind of crossroad that defines who we are.
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