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-cross

-cross suffix: forms the names of sports that involve racing across an artificial cross-country course of bumps, jumps, drop-offs, troughs, curves, and such.

Suffix

-cross

  1. Forms the names of sports that involve racing across an artificial cross-country course of bumps, jumps, drop-offs, troughs, curves, and such.
    Synonyms:
    -X

Synonyms of -cross

Origin of -cross

Abbreviation of cross country.

Words formed from -cross

Questions about -cross

What does -cross mean?
-cross means forms the names of sports that involve racing across an artificial cross-country course of bumps, jumps, drop-offs, troughs, curves, and such.
What part of speech is -cross?
-cross is a suffix.

Words near -cross in the dictionary

  1. -crat
  2. -cratic
  3. -crats
  4. -crete
  5. -crine
  6. -cross
  7. -crypt
  8. -cryst
  9. -cule
  10. -culum
  11. -culus

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