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scissors crossing

scissors crossing noun: synonym of scissors crossover.

scissors crossing: synonym of scissors crossover
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Noun

scissors crossing (plural scissors crossings)

  1. Synonym of scissors crossover.
    • Meantime, alterations at King William Street had become imperative, and by December 22, 1895, the station had been remodelled, as at Stockwell, to provide an island platform with lines each side, and a scissors crossing.1941 May, “Jubilee of the City Tube”, in Railway Magazine, page 224
    • At Newton Abbot, in addition to the four platform roads, there are two outside through roads. Halfway along the platforms there are scissors crossings between each through road and the adjacent platform road.1953 February, Norman Crump, “Aller Junction Signalbox”, in Railway Magazine, page 83

Synonyms of scissors crossing

Forms of scissors crossing

pluralscissors crossings

Questions about scissors crossing

What does scissors crossing mean?
Scissors crossing means synonym of scissors crossover.
What part of speech is scissors crossing?
Scissors crossing is a noun.
What is the plural of scissors crossing?
The plural of scissors crossing is scissors crossings.

Words near scissors crossing in the dictionary

  1. scissors bite
  2. scissors bites
  3. scissors congruence
  4. scissors crises
  5. scissors crisis
  6. scissors crossing
  7. scissors crossings
  8. scissors crossover
  9. scissors crossovers
  10. scissors kick
  11. scissors kicks

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