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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.
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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.
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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.
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verb (used without object), cross·cut, cross·cut·ting.
  1. Movies, Television. to employ the technique of crosscutting.
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Origin of crosscut

First recorded in 1580–90; cross- + cut
Related formscross·cut·ter, noun
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Examples from the Web for crosscut

Historical Examples

  • The bow oarsman pushed off the boat, and she was headed up the Crosscut.

    Watch and Wait

    Oliver Optic

  • Axes, crosscut saws, mauls, and wedges were the means of manufacture.

    American Forest Trees

    Henry H. Gibson

  • No, we thought of doing a bit of crosscut sawing for a change.

  • The wheelbarrows and the grindstone and the two crosscut saws were another matter.

    Naudsonce

    H. Beam Piper

  • Hence we had brought a crosscut saw—a long one with two handles.

British Dictionary definitions for crosscut

crosscut

adjective
  1. cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis
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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
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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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