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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Origin of crossroad
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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
After World War II, Cook purchased and moved a single-story mess hall with a walk-in cooler from a mothballed airfield near John Wayne Airport to this crossroad, the gateway to Trabuco Canyon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
The street provides a crossroad between Georgia Avenue and University Boulevard, but residents contend that it is ill-suited for the amount of traffic it thereby gets.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
He knew each fence post, each crossroad, each voice and smell and shadow.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
And after a 4-8 season, Wulff left Cal Poly and Dieffenbach faced another crossroads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
"Illness acts as a crossroads in a pontificate -- it either accelerates its momentum or diminishes its power," Vatican watcher Giacomo Galeazzi wrote in La Stampa daily on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
When “My Aim Is True” originally saw its release, Costello was at a crossroads.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026
But most of his speech focused on a broader threat, describing the current period as a crossroads.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
After surviving more than three centuries of subjugation in the New World, black America stood at the crossroads.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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