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crosscut.

A crosswise cut.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɹɒskʌt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɹɔskʌt/US/ˈkɹɑskʌt/US
  1. A crosswise cut.

  2. A shortcut.

  3. An instance of filmic crosscutting.

  4. A crosscut saw.

  5. A tunnel or level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another through the country rock.

Where this word comes from

From cross- + cut.

verb/ˈkɹɒskʌt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɹɔskʌt/US/ˈkɹɑskʌt/US
  1. To cut across something.

  2. To cut across something. To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain.

  3. To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes.

  4. To affect several modules of a program, without the possibility of being encapsulated in any one of them. See Cross-cutting concern.

Where this word comes from

From cross- + cut.

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