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crossheading

crossheading noun: a narrow opening for ventilation driven through coal or rock, separating the two passages.

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

Synonyms of crossheading

Forms of crossheading

pluralcrossheadings

Origin of crossheading

From cross + heading.

Questions about crossheading

What does crossheading mean?
Crossheading means a narrow opening for ventilation driven through coal or rock, separating the two passages.
What part of speech is crossheading?
Crossheading is a noun.
What is the plural of crossheading?
The plural of crossheading is crossheadings.

Words near crossheading in the dictionary

  1. crosshauls
  2. Crosshaven
  3. crosshead
  4. crosshead screwdriver
  5. crosshead screwdrivers
  6. crossheading
  7. crossheadings
  8. crossheads
  9. Crosshill
  10. crossholding
  11. crossholdings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 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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