cross-country
[ adjective kraws-kuhn-tree, kros-; noun kraws-kuhn-tree, -kuhn-, kros- ]
adjective
directed or proceeding over fields, through woods, etc., rather than on a road or path: a cross-country race.
from one end of the country to the other: a cross-country flight.
noun,plural cross-coun·tries.
a cross-country sport or race.
Origin of cross-country
1First recorded in 1760–70
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How to use cross-country in a sentence
He had evidently dismissed his cab at the edge of the city and had come crosscountry.
The Tin Soldier | Temple Bailey
British Dictionary definitions for cross-country
cross-country
adjective, adverb
by way of fields, woods, etc, as opposed to roads: cross-country running
across a country: a cross-country railway
noun
a long race held over open ground
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