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Definition: Crosspiece |
CrosspieceNoun1. A horizontal beam that extends across something. 2. A transverse brace. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "crosspiece" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1904. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Sports & Leisure | Horizontal piece of wood or iron which crosses the bitts on the forward or after side. Also called bolster piece, crosspiece. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CrosspieceSynonyms: crossbeam (n), trave (n), traverse (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Crosspiece |
| English words defined with "crosspiece": Cross bitt, cross thwart, crossbar ♦ Doubletree ♦ Gonfanon ♦ Labarum ♦ Pillow of a plow ♦ round, rung ♦ stave, Swing beam ♦ T iron, T square, thwart, transom, traverse. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "crosspiece": bolster piece, BOW MAKER ♦ cockermeg ♦ overturning skip ♦ STULL INSTALLER. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | As the crosspiece in the microtubule, tau's function seems to be to stabilize the microtubule structure. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Crosspiece" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Crosspiece" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "crosspiece"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | traversë (beam, crossbeam, crossrail, strut, temple), tërthore (bias, brace, crossbar, crossrail, stretcher, strut, tie beam, transom, transversal, yoke). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | траверса (crossarm, crossbar, sleeper, tie, traverse), напречна дъска. (various references) | |
French | traversin des bittes (cross bitt). (various references) | |
Hebrew | 'שיש (splint, surgical splint). (various references) | |
Hungarian | keresztidom. (various references) | |
Italian | traversa (arbor, beam, crossbar, crossbeam, crossroad, rail, side street, traverse). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 横木 (bar, rail). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | よ"ぎ (bar, rail), よ"き (bar, rail). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | osspiececray.(various references) | |
Romanian | traversã (beam, cross-beam, cross-tie, girder, rail, sleeper, tie piece, traverse). (various references) | |
Russian | краспица, поперечина (crossarm, cross-arm, crossbar, crossbeam, cross-piece). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | poprečna greda (crossbeam, transom, traverse). (various references) | |
Swedish | tvärslå (crossbar, cross-bar, rung, slat). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "crosspiece": crosspieces. (additional references) | |
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"Crosspiece" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cryospec. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "crosspiece" (pronounced krô"spē's) |
| 3 | -p ē' s | altarpiece, centerpiece, eyepiece, masterpiece, mouthpiece, showpiece, timepiece. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-i-o-p-r-s-s" | |
-2 letters: cercises, cicorees, precises, recopies. | |
-3 letters: cerises, ciceros, cicoree, ciscoes, coerces, copiers, corpses, piecers, pierces, poesies, poisers, precess, precise, process, prossie, recipes, reposes, soccers, soirees, species, spicers. | |
-4 letters: cercis, cerise, cicero, ciscos, coerce, copers, copier, copies, copses, corpse, corses, cosecs, cosier, cosies, creeps, crepes, cripes, crises, crisps, crosse, ecesis, eposes, eroses, espies, osiers, peises. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-i-o-p-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: crosspieces. | |
+2 letters: stereoscopic. | |
+4 letters: precociousness, preconsciouses, spectroscopies, stereospecific. | |
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