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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
- 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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