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cross-hatching

cross-hatching is the alternative spelling of crosshatching.

cross-hatching is the present participle and gerund of cross-hatch.

Meaning of crosshatching

Noun

crosshatching (countable and uncountable, plural crosshatchings)

  1. A method of showing shading by means of multiple small lines that intersect.
  2. A method of indicating terrain on a map by using the same technique.

Forms of cross-hatching

pluralcross-hatchings

Questions about cross-hatching

What is cross-hatching the alternative spelling of?
Cross-hatching is the alternative spelling of crosshatching.

Words near cross-hatching in the dictionary

  1. cross-handedness
  2. cross-harbour
  3. cross-hatch
  4. cross-hatched
  5. cross-hatches
  6. cross-hatching
  7. cross-hatchings
  8. cross-heading
  9. cross-holding
  10. cross-holdings
  11. cross-index

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross-hatching (page history and authors); crosshatching (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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