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2 N‑SING In music or fashion, if someone makes a crossover from one style to another, they become successful outside the style they were originally known for. □ [+ from/to ] I told her the crossover from actress to singer is easier than singer to actress.

cro ss-pa rty ADJ Cross-party activities involve two or more political parties. A cross-party group consists of members from two or more political parties. □  Special election procedures allow cross-party voting. □  Decisions are being made by cross-party committees.

cro ss-pu rposes also cross purposes PHRASE If people are at cross-purposes , they do not understand each other because they are working towards or talking about different things without realizing it. □ [+ with ] The two friends find themselves at cross-purposes with the officials.

cro ss-que stion (cross-questions , cross-questioning , cross-questioned ) VERB If you cross-question someone, you ask them a lot of questions about something. □ [V n] The police came back and cross-questioned Des again.

cro ss-re ference (cross-references , cross-referencing , cross-referenced )

1 N‑COUNT A cross-reference is a note in a book which tells you that there is relevant or more detailed information in another part of the book.

2 VERB [usu passive] If something such as a book is cross-referenced , cross-references are put in it. □ [be V -ed] Nearly 2,300 plant lists have been checked and cross-referenced. □ [V -ed] …an index of products and services which is cross-referenced to the supplying companies.

cross|roads /krɒ sroʊdz, [AM ] krɔː s-/ (crossroads )

1 N‑COUNT A crossroads is a place where two roads meet and cross each other. □  Turn right at the first crossroads.

2 N‑SING [oft at a N ] If you say that something is at a crossroads , you mean that it has reached a very important stage in its development where it could go one way or another. □  The company was clearly at a crossroads.

cro ss-section (cross-sections ) also cross section

1 N‑COUNT If you refer to a cross-section of particular things or people, you mean a group of them that you think is typical or representative of all of them. □ [+ of ] I was surprised at the cross-section of people there. □ [+ of ] It is good that there is a wide cross-section of sport on television.

2 N‑COUNT [oft in N ] A cross-section of an object is what you would see if you could cut straight through the middle of it. □ [+ of ] …a cross-section of an airplane. □  The hall is square in cross-section.

cro ss-stitch also cross stitch N‑UNCOUNT Cross-stitch is a type of decorative sewing where one stitch crosses another.

cross|walk /krɒ swɔːk, [AM ] krɔː s-/ (crosswalks ) N‑COUNT A crosswalk is a place where pedestrians can cross a street and where drivers must stop to let them cross. [AM ] in BRIT, usually use pedestrian crossing

cross|wind /krɒ sw I nd, [AM ] krɔː s-/ (crosswinds ) also cross-wind N‑COUNT A crosswind is a strong wind that blows across the direction that vehicles, boats, or aircraft are travelling in, and that makes it difficult for them to keep moving steadily forward.

cross|wise /krɒ swa I z, [AM ] krɔː s-/ in AM, also use crossways ADV [ADV after v] Crosswise means diagonally across something. □  Rinse and slice the courgettes crosswise.

cross|word /krɒ swɜː ^r d, [AM ] krɔː s-/ (crosswords ) N‑COUNT 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.

crotch /krɒ tʃ/ (crotches )

1 N‑COUNT Your crotch is the part of your body between the tops of your legs. □  Glover kicked him hard in the crotch.