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crossword
(krɒswɜːʳd, US krɔːs-)
Word forms: plural crosswords
countable noun
A crossword or crossword puzzle is a word game in which you work out the answers and write them in the white squares of a pattern of small black and white squares.
crossword in British English
(ˈkrɒswɜːd)
noun
a crossword puzzle
I like doing crosswords.
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British English: crossword /ˈkrɒsˌwɜːd/ NOUN
A crossword or a crossword puzzle is a word game in which you work out answers to clues, and write the answers in the white squares of a pattern of black and white squares.
He enjoyed doing crossword puzzles.
- American English: crossword
- Arabic: لُغْز الكَلِمات الـمُتَقاطِعَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: palavra cruzada
- Chinese: 填字游戏
- Croatian: križaljka
- Czech: křížovka
- Danish: krydsogtværs
- Dutch: kruiswoordpuzzel
- European Spanish: crucigrama
- Finnish: sanaristikko
- French: mots croisés
- German: Kreuzworträtsel
- Greek: σταυρόλεξο
- Italian: cruciverba
- Japanese: クロスワードパズル
- Korean: 십자말풀이
- Norwegian: kryssord
- Polish: krzyżówka
- European Portuguese: palavras cruzadas
- Romanian: cuvinte încrucișate
- Russian: кроссворд
- Latin American Spanish: crucigrama
- Swedish: korsord
- Thai: ปริศนาอักษรไขว้
- Turkish: bulmaca
- Ukrainian: кросворд
- Vietnamese: trò chơi ô chữ
Chinese translation of 'crossword'
crossword
(ˈkrɔswəːd)
n (c)
- (also crossword puzzle)
填字游(遊)戏(戲)
(tánzì yóuxì) (个(個), gè)
related words
related enthusiast cruciverbalist
Nearby words ofcrossword
- cross-grained
- crosspatch
- crosswise
- crossword
- crotch
- crotchety
- crouch
Synonyms of 'crossword'
crossword
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