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crosshatch

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A pattern of crossing lines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hatch, hatching, hachure

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shading

4

verb

Meaning 4

shade with multiple crossing lines

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the draftsman crosshatched the area

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shade, fill in

History

Etymology

From cross- + hatch.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: šrafování — pattern of crossing lines
  • Dutch: arcering — pattern of crossing lines
  • French: hachure — pattern of crossing lines
  • German: Schraffierung — pattern of crossing lines
  • Hungarian: keresztvonalkázás — pattern of crossing lines
  • Hungarian: sraffozás — pattern of crossing lines
  • Hungarian: keresztsraffozás — pattern of crossing lines
  • Italian: tratteggiatura — pattern of crossing lines
  • Italian: tratteggio — pattern of crossing lines
  • Polish: szrafowanie — pattern of crossing lines
  • Spanish: sombreado — pattern of crossing lines
  • Czech: šrafovat — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Czech: vyšrafovat — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Danish: skravere — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Dutch: arceren — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Finnish: viivoittaa — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Finnish: varjostaa — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • French: hachurer — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • German: schraffieren — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Hungarian: keresztvonalkáz — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Hungarian: keresztbe(n) vonalkáz — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Hungarian: sraffoz — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Hungarian: keresztsraffoz — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Irish: tras-haitseáil — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Italian: tratteggiare — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Italian: ombreggiare — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Norwegian: skravere — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Russian: штрихова́ть (štrixovátʹ) — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
  • Spanish: sombrear — to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern