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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crossways

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables
cross-ways
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of crossway

adv

transversely; crosswise

name

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Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin cruxbor. Old Irish crosbor. Old Norse krossbor. Old English cros Middle English cross English cross English -ways English crossways From cross + -ways.

Synonyms

across crosswise

Questions

What does crossways mean?
plural of crossway
Where does crossways come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin cruxbor. Old Irish crosbor. Old Norse krossbor. Old English cros Middle English cross English cross English -ways English crossways From cross + -ways.

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