Synonyms for crossroad


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kraws-rohd, kros-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɔsˌroʊd, ˈkrɒs-


Définition of crossroad

Origin :
  • 1719, from cross (adj.) + road.
  • noun an intersecting road
Example sentences :
  • There is just this one little tree, near the crossroad by the old stone house.
  • Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
  • There was an arrow pointing along the crossroad and off to the right.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • At a crossroad, in fact, the white pack had vanished into void.
  • Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • She had not gone far when she saw a boy coming out of a crossroad.
  • Extract from : « Peggy in Her Blue Frock » by Eliza Orne White
  • They came to a crossroad, turned into it, and stopped short before a gate.
  • Extract from : « The Windy Hill » by Cornelia Meigs
  • And he seized my bridle and turned my horse into the crossroad; then he followed.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Stories » by Various
  • I knew every signpost, every crossroad, every foot of the ground.
  • Extract from : « Cutting It out » by Samuel G. Blythe
  • There is a crossroad there, you remember, cutting through to the lake, and I turned in.
  • Extract from : « The Girl and The Bill » by Bannister Merwin
  • As we neared a crossroad we were given the command “Attention!”
  • Extract from : « At Plattsburg » by Allen French
  • The pursuers too had reached the turning into the crossroad.
  • Extract from : « Quintus Claudius, Volume 2 of 2 » by Ernst Eckstein

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