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Crosscut

To cut across or through; to intersect.

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Broader term 5

Cut 76% connected

of Cut

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Itinerary 76% connected

Itinerant; traveling; passing from place to place; done on a journey.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Path 76% connected

A trodden way; a footway.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Road 76% connected

A journey, or stage of a journey.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Route 76% connected

The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Synonym 1

Cutoff 92% connected

a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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