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# crossway

«crossway» in Mova's school dictionary: **a place where two or more roads meet; a crossroads** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (crossways, crossway; old use)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) A crossway is a place where two or more roads meet; a crossroads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossway/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a crossway is a lonely place where two or more roads meet, sometimes used for burying or leaving offerings

### examples

- They carried the pots out to a crossway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossway/#x1)
- She was buried at a crossway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossway/#x2)
- Wait for me at the crossway by the old oak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossway/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; it names a place, and counting the roads there is a separate question.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crossway» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossway/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.