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crossroad
[ kraws-rohd, kros- ]
noun
- a road that crosses another road, or one that runs transversely to main roads.
- a by-road.
- 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.
crossroad
/ ˈkrɒsˌrəʊd /
noun
- a road that crosses another road
- Also calledcrossway a road that crosses from one main road to another
Word History and Origins
Origin of crossroad1
Example Sentences
In 2013, facing a crossroads with expiring city leases, then-Mayor Bob Filner took up a prominent downtown commercial real estate broker’s offer to help for free.
We’re at this weird crossroads, where people say they’re working harder than ever but also say they love working from home.
In this three-dimensional space there are three axes — x, y and z — that all intersect at a crossroads, the origin.
Even at this historic crossroad, the number of women in Congress increased by only 4 percent.
So here we are, at another crossroads in the nation’s history.
Your husband left us at the very first crossroad toward your place and I was absorbed with my new-old neighbors' affairs.
They turned into a crossroad after a time, and there in a little village Sara Lee found her new home.
There is a crossroad there, you remember, cutting through to the lake, and I turned in.
As we had foreseen, there were plenty of thirsty people walking along the Dover Road, and even some from the crossroad.
It would have been easy for them to miss each other, unless they happened to take the same crossroad.
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