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cross-heading

cross-heading is the alternative form of crossheading.

Meaning of crossheading

Noun

crossheading (plural crossheadings)

  1. A narrow opening for ventilation driven through coal or rock, separating the two passages.
    Synonyms:
    headway
  2. Synonym of crosshead.
    Synonyms:
    crosshead

Forms of cross-heading

pluralcross-headings

Questions about cross-heading

What is cross-heading the alternative form of?
Cross-heading is the alternative form of crossheading.

Words near cross-heading in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cross-heading (page history and authors); crossheading (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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