crossroad
Americannoun
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crossroads
plural
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a road that crosses another road, or one that runs transversely to main roads.
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a by-road.
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(used with a singular or plural verb) Often crossroads.
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the place where roads intersect.
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a point at which a vital decision must be made.
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a main center of activity.
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noun
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a road that crosses another road
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Also called: crossway. a road that crosses from one main road to another
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Vernon Avenue Bridge — an industrial crossroad between old and new San Bernardino.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Stephan's Quintet represents "a galactic crossroad where past collisions between galaxies have left behind a complex field of debris," which has now been reawakened by the passage of the galaxy, NGC 7318b.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
But using remote sensing technology, archeologists have now found at least two highland cities that sat along a key crossroad of the trade routes.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
The 25x10-meter mural of a bearded and smiling Messi, wearing Argentina’s white-and-blue national team jersey with the No. 10, will cover part of a building at a crossroad near the capital city’s main hospitals.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
Sitting in the front seat, she flinched every time she saw another car, a crossroad, a stray dog, but she never said a word.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
The Po, too, was not immune to war, especially in the 16th century, when neighboring France, Switzerland and the Vatican quarreled over ownership of crucial crossroads to Milan and other parts of Italy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Celebrity lives at a strange crossroads, one that has always been familiar with surveillance.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
They talked with the Los Angeles Times about their plans at the crossroads reached by American theater in light of Eustis’ imminent exit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Senior figures at Newcastle have repeatedly stressed the club are thinking big in the long term, but it feels like the project has reached a crossroads.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Instead, Papa Legba, the keeper of the crossroads, the one who will open the gates for my mother, sings his song.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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