Meaning of CROSSCUT
| Pronunciation: | | 'kros`kut
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- [n] a route shorter than the usual one
- [n] a diagonal path
- [adj] cut or used for cutting crosswise or across the grain; "a crosscut slice of beef"; "a crosscut saw"
- [v] cut using a crosscut
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| | Synonyms: | | cut, cut across, cutoff, shortcut |
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| | See Also: | | cut, itinerary, path, road, route, route | |
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\Cross"cut`\ (-k[u^]t`), v. t.
To cut across or through; to intersect.
\Cross"cut`\, n.
1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
2. (Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or
across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
{Crosscut saw}.
(a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it
for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than
lengthwise.
(b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting
large logs crosswise.
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