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crosscut

[kraws-kuht, kros-]
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adjective
  1. made or used for cutting crosswise.
  2. cut across the grain or on the bias.
noun
  1. a transverse cut or course.
  2. a shortcut by way of an area not ordinarily traversed, as grass or open country; a route that cuts diagonally across a road or path network.
  3. Mining. an underground passageway, usually from a shaft to a vein of ore or crosswise of a vein of ore.
  4. Movies, Television. an act or instance of crosscutting.
  5. a crosscut saw.
verb (used with object), cross·cut, cross·cut·ting.
  1. to cut or go across.
  2. Movies, Television. to insert into a scene or sequence (portions of another scene), as to heighten suspense or suggest simultaneous action.
verb (used without object), cross·cut, cross·cut·ting.
  1. Movies, Television. to employ the technique of crosscutting.

Origin of crosscut

First recorded in 1580–90; cross- + cut
Related formscross·cut·ter, noun
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Related Words for cross-cut

roadway, aisle, lane, procedure, track, route, rail, direction, passage, trail, street, highway, line, avenue, road, walkway, pathway, shaft, mine, subway

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British Dictionary definitions for cross-cut

crosscut

adjective
  1. cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis
noun
  1. a transverse cut or course
  2. a less common word for short cut
  3. mining a tunnel through a vein of ore or from the shaft to a vein
verb -cuts, -cutting or -cut
  1. to cut across
  2. Also: intercut films to link (two sequences or two shots) so that they appear to be taking place at the same time
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