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Meanings of crossroad in English

Portuguese
cruzamento
Catalan
cruïlla
Spanish
cruce

A junction where one street or road crosses another.

cruzamento

A road that crosses another road.

Usage of crossroad in English
1
At the Ostian Way crossroad, Petro posted his men on traffic duty.
The Silver Pigs
2
Our prisons are a clear indicator that America is at a crossroad.
Ebony
3
I run down the road, stop just before I reach the crossroad.
Sympathy for the devil
4
The taxi started on and Farrell turned off at the next crossroad.
The Perils of Pauline
5
There is a crossroad less than half a mile beyond that culvert.
The Boy Scouts In Russia
6
But not for a woman of bare five-and-forty, standing at this crossroad.
Dragonshadow
7
From there you ride out to the second crossroad and turn right again.
The White Road
8
Aaath Ulber and Sage reached a crossroad, heading north and south.
Chaosbound
9
We have the time and the warning to attack him at another crossroad.
The Demolished Man
10
Stay on this road, Harry, until you come to another crossroad.
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
11
He drove past the crossroad, the speed to the last notch.
The Perils of Pauline
12
The coach stopped finally near the junction of a small crossroad.
A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's, and Other Stories
13
Before him appeared a crossroad, noted by him in the afternoon.
Foes
14
Seregil kept his hood up as they neared the final crossroad.
The White Road
15
He peered along the crossroad in one direction, then the other.
The Dragon King’s Palace
16
Established at inland post offices they became the nuclei for crossroad trading points.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
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Crossroad through the time
Crossroad across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common