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cross-cut

cross-cut is the alternative form of crosscut.

Meaning of crosscut

Noun

crosscut (plural crosscuts)

  1. A crosswise cut.
  2. A shortcut.
  3. An instance of filmic crosscutting.
  4. A crosscut saw.
  5. A tunnel or level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another through the country rock.

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Forms of cross-cut

Noun
pluralcross-cuts
Verb
third-person singular presentcross-cuts
present participlecross-cutting
past participlecross-cut
pastcross-cut

Phrases with cross-cut

Questions about cross-cut

What is cross-cut the alternative form of?
Cross-cut is the alternative form of crosscut.

Words near cross-cut in the dictionary

  1. cross-cultural
  2. cross-cultural communication
  3. cross-culturally
  4. cross-current
  5. cross-curricular
  6. cross-cut
  7. cross-cut saw
  8. cross-cut saws
  9. cross-cuts
  10. cross-cutting
  11. cross-departmental

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