Definitions for crosstie

crosstie cross·tie

Spelling: [kraws-tahy, kros-]
IPA: /ˈkrɔsˌtaɪ, ˈkrɒs-/

Crosstie is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 352 anagrams from letters in crosstie (ceiorsst).

Definitions for crosstie

noun

  1. Railroads. a tie.
  2. a transverse timber forming a foundation or support.

Origin of crosstie

An Americanism dating back to 1805-15; cross- + tie

Examples for crosstie

A century is required to produce a fence post, and 200 years for a crosstie.

About eighty years are required to grow a white oak of crosstie size.

Woodlot owners will not wait much longer than the seventy-five or one hundred years required to grow trees of crosstie size.

It is third among the crosstie woods of the United States, the combined cut of oaks standing first, and the pine second.

Word Value for crosstie
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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