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cross-phrasings

cross-phrasings is the plural of cross-phrasing.

Meaning of cross-phrasing

Noun

cross-phrasing (usually uncountable, plural cross-phrasings)

  1. (usually) Musical device with a syncopated effect, usually when groups of three quavers cut across the beat.

Questions about cross-phrasings

What is cross-phrasings the plural of?
Cross-phrasings is the plural of cross-phrasing.

Words near cross-phrasings in the dictionary

  1. cross-passage
  2. cross-passages
  3. cross-patch
  4. cross-patches
  5. cross-phrasing
  6. cross-phrasings
  7. cross-platform
  8. cross-play
  9. cross-plies
  10. cross-ply
  11. cross-pol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross-phrasings (page history and authors); cross-phrasing (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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