Definitions for crossroad

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crossroad cross·road

Spelling: [kraws-rohd, kros-]

IPA: /ˈkrɔsˌroʊd, ˈkrɒs-/

Crossroad is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 217 anagrams from letters in crossroad (acdoorrss).

Definitions for crossroad

noun

1. a road that crosses another road, or one that runs transversely to main roads.
2. a by-road.
3. Often, crossroads. (used with a singular or plural verb) the place where roads intersect. a point at which a vital decision must be made. a main center of activity.

Origin of crossroad

First recorded in 1710-20; cross- + road

Examples for crossroad

There was an arrow pointing along the crossroad and off to the right.

As we neared a crossroad we were given the command “Attention!”

There is just this one little tree, near the crossroad by the old stone house.

She had not gone far when she saw a boy coming out of a crossroad.

There is a crossroad there, you remember, cutting through to the lake, and I turned in.

And he seized my bridle and turned my horse into the crossroad; then he followed.

I knew every signpost, every crossroad, every foot of the ground.

At a crossroad, in fact, the white pack had vanished into void.

They came to a crossroad, turned into it, and stopped short before a gate.

The pursuers too had reached the turning into the crossroad.