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crossroad
CIDE DICTIONARY
crossroad, n.
A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crossroad, n.
1 (usu. in pl.) an intersection of two or more roads.
2 US a road that crosses a main road or joins two main roads.
1 (usu. in pl.) an intersection of two or more roads.
2 US a road that crosses a main road or joins two main roads.
Idiom
at the crossroads at a critical point in one's life.
ROGET THESAURUS
crossroad
Method
N method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.For further exploring for "crossroad" in Webster Dictionary Online