Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crosstown

/kɹˈɔstˌaʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: crosstown
IPA: /kɹˈɔstˌaʊn/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extending across a city or town.

American usage

adj

Connecting different areas of a city or town without passing through downtown.

adj

Situated at the other end of town.

adv

To the other side of a city or town.

Example Sentences

"1968 Simon and Garfunkel - "At the Zoo" on "Bookends" But you can take the crosstown bus / If it's raining or it's cold, / And the animals will love it / If you do."
"The football team beat our crosstown rivals last night."
"In 1979, what was to become PBG started as a rap group for Blacks that met regularly at the Gay Community Center, then housed in a modest building just off the artsy-craftsy South Street. […] The white man who ran the center gave the Black group increasingly smaller rooms in which to meet. […] When they gave the group a broom closet, the Blacks moved crosstown to the Friends Center; and PBG, Inc. was born."

Etymology

From cross- + town.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

cross-town (alternative)

Synonyms

cross-town

Questions

How do you pronounce crosstown?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɹˈɔstˌaʊn/.
What does crosstown mean?: Extending across a city or town.
Where does crosstown come from?: From cross- + town.

How to pronounce crosstown

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