crosshatch
crosshatch noun: a pattern of crossing lines.
Noun
crosshatch (plural crosshatches)
- A pattern of crossing lines.
Verb
crosshatch (third-person singular simple present crosshatches, present participle crosshatching, simple past and past participle crosshatched)
- To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.
- The Jiet River lay before them, as thick and turgid as a gorged snake, its crosshatched surface reflecting the same ghastly hue that pervaded the Burning Plains.2005, Christopher Paolini, “The Burning Plains”, in Eldest, page 581
Forms of crosshatch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | crosshatches |
| alternative form | cross-hatch |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | crosshatches |
| present participle | crosshatching |
| past participle | crosshatched |
| past | crosshatched |
Origin of crosshatch
From cross- + hatch.
Questions about crosshatch
- What does crosshatch mean?
- Crosshatch means a pattern of crossing lines.
- What part of speech is crosshatch?
- Crosshatch can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of crosshatch?
- The plural of crosshatch is crosshatches.
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