crosshatch
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
- crosshatching noun
Etymology
Origin of crosshatch
Vocabulary lists containing crosshatch
Visual Arts - High School
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Art History
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Visual Arts - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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With a knife, score a crosshatch pattern into the surface fat on top of the roast.
From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2023
Using a sharp paring knife, score the ham by making crosshatch cuts all over the surface about 1/2 inch deep and 1/2 inch apart, creating a square or diamond pattern.
From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2023
When exploring the crosshatch of Seattle streets and architecture with this column’s founder, Paul Dorpat, two decades ago, I realized that his X-ray photographic vision of our ephemeral city included similar traces.
From Seattle Times • May 12, 2022
The surface is scored in a crosshatch pattern like an Easter ham, before the fruit is smoked hot and fast to darken the crust.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2020
Then, without hesitation, he set the Squirrel down once more on the Kool-Aid crosshatch, and Breashears and Athans husded Beck aboard.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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