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crossunder

crossunder noun: a place where one thing crosses under another.

Noun

crossunder (plural crossunders)

  1. A place where one thing crosses under another.
    • The crossovers and crossunders of the warp yarns form diagonal twill lines across both the support and the contact surfaces1998, Scott D. Quigley, Papermakers forming fabric with weft dominated paper support surface, US Patent US5988229 A
    • The pits […] will include a series of steps and an elevator that will enable access to the crossunder2011 July 26, “Major Milestone for the Panama Canal Expansion, Permanent Concrete Work Begins”, in The Maritime Executive

Forms of crossunder

pluralcrossunders

Origin of crossunder

From cross + under.

Questions about crossunder

What does crossunder mean?
Crossunder means a place where one thing crosses under another.
What part of speech is crossunder?
Crossunder is a noun.
What is the plural of crossunder?
The plural of crossunder is crossunders.

Words near crossunder in the dictionary

  1. crosstrainer
  2. crosstrainers
  3. crosstraining
  4. crosstree
  5. crosstrees
  6. crossunder
  7. crossunders
  8. crossvalidate
  9. crossvalidated
  10. crossvalidation
  11. crossvalidations

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