crossover
/kɹˈɔsˌoʊvɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.66 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Buick Enclave.
Countable; Derogatory; Uncountable
noun
A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The passenger train was signalled from one of the west end bay platforms along the Down South Line; as it passed through a crossover to the Up South Line the freight train, which had been travelling slowly to the Up South Line, over-ran the signal protecting the crossover and came into sidelong collision with it."
- "Network Rail developed and delivered the new crossover in just ten months - "phenomenally quickly", Mands says - and the work is included in the £20m build cost."
Etymology
Deverbal from cross over.