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cross-river

cross-river adjective: that spans or crosses over or under a river.

Adjective

cross-river (not comparable)

  1. That spans or crosses over or under a river.
    • It continued functioning during air raids, when other cross-river lines had to be closed.1958 August, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo and City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 524

Questions about cross-river

What does cross-river mean?
Cross-river means that spans or crosses over or under a river.
What part of speech is cross-river?
Cross-river is an adjective.

Words near cross-river in the dictionary

  1. cross-refers
  2. cross-resistance
  3. cross-resistances
  4. cross-rhythm
  5. cross-rhythms
  6. cross-river
  7. cross-row
  8. cross-rows
  9. cross-ruff
  10. cross-ruffed
  11. cross-ruffing

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