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crossrail

crossrail noun: a rail that goes across something.

Noun (1)

crossrail (plural crossrails)

  1. A rail that goes across something.
    • The stroke of the planer is remarkably uniform, the reverse taking place at the same the same screws which carry the crossrail.1905 March 2, The Iron Trade Review, volume 38, page 70
    • After you have done caveletti for a little bit you should go into small crossrails about 1 foot high.2006, Carol Jenkins, Once Upon a Fact: Helping Children Write Nonfiction, page 74
  2. (UK) A commuter rail line that crosses a major city through a tunnel and which continues for a significant distance into the surrounding areas, generally with relatively high speeds and widely spaced stations compared to an underground or metro.
    • A crossrail link to Aberdeen and Stonehaven is planned.2004, Bernard Ingham, Gerry Hassan, The Political Guide to Modern Scotland: People, Places and Power, Politico's Publishing
    • We need to change the name of the Manchester Hub. Crossrail for the north of England is a better term, otherwise people will view it as a Greater Manchester project and will miss out on exactly what it is actually going to do.2010 February 15, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, quoting Professor Begg, Priorities for investment in the railways: third report of session 2009-10, Vol. 2: Oral...

Noun (2) capitalized: Crossrail

Crossrail (plural Crossrails)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of crossrail.

Proper noun capitalized: Crossrail

Crossrail

  1. The Elizabeth Line; a railway line in the South of England through London.

Forms of crossrail

pluralcrossrails
pluralCrossrails

Origin of crossrail

From cross- + rail.

Questions about crossrail

What does crossrail mean?
Crossrail means a rail that goes across something.
What part of speech is crossrail?
Crossrail can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of crossrail?
The plural of crossrail is crossrails.

Words near crossrail in the dictionary

  1. crosspriming
  2. crossprotection
  3. crossprotections
  4. crossquantilogram
  5. crossquantilograms
  6. crossrail
  7. crossrails
  8. crossrange
  9. crossratio
  10. crossratios
  11. crossreact

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crossrail (page history and authors); Crossrail (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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