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crossway

[ kraws-wey, kros- ]

/ ˈkrɔsˌweɪ, ˈkrɒs- /

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noun

a crossroad.

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Origin of crossway

First recorded in 1375–1425, crossway is from the late Middle English word croswey.See cross, way¹

Words nearby crossway

cross-validation, cross vault, cross-vein, cross-vine, crosswalk, crossway, crossways, cross wind, cross wire, cross wires, crosswise

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Example sentences from the Web for crossway

They soon emerged on a parish-road, which took them to a crossway where five roads met.
813|Maurice Leblanc
Her body was passed underneath the threshold and buried at a crossway.
Russian Fairy Tales|W. R. S. Ralston
You are at the crossway of the roads of life, my boy; choose your way.
Father Goriot|Honore de Balzac
One day he returned from the Crossway leading into the Valley, and smiled a sane, rational smile.
Meg, of Valencia|Myra Williams Jarrell

So far everything is commonplace as the pavement of the street, familiar as a crossway.
The Physiology of Marriage, Complete|Honore de Balzac

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