adj
Meaning 1
Extending across a city or town.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
crosstown
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adj
Meaning 2
Connecting different areas of a city or town without passing through downtown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: public transportation
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Situated at the other end of town.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The football team beat our crosstown rivals last night.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
To the other side of a city or town.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
going or extending across a town or city
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the crosstown bus
- crosstown traffic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cross-town
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
across a town or city
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he traveled crosstown
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From cross- + town.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: que atraviesa la ciudad — (US) extending across a city or town
- Spanish: a lo largo y a lo ancho — (US) extending across a city or town
- Spanish: de una punta de la ciudad a otra — (US) extending across a city or town
- Spanish: de un lado de la ciudad a otro — (US) extending across a city or town