Usually means: Support beam for railroad tracks.
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  1. crosstie: Merriam-Webster
  2. crosstie: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. crosstie: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. crosstie: Collins English Dictionary
  5. crosstie: Vocabulary.com
  6. crosstie: Wiktionary
  7. crosstie: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. crosstie: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. crosstie: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. crosstie: Dictionary.com
  11. Crosstie: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. crosstie: Rhymezone
  13. crosstie: FreeDictionary.org
  14. crosstie: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. crosstie: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Crosstie)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of cross-tie [(rail transport) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.]

Similar:
tie, railroad tie, sleeper, railway tie, croslet, tieplate, cabletie, tie-down, criss-cross, scissors crossing, more...

Opposite:
untie, loosen, unfasten, unbolt, unlatch

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Similar:
tie, railroad tie, sleeper, railway tie, croslet, tieplate, cabletie, tie-down, criss-cross, scissors crossing, more...

Opposite:
untie, loosen, unfasten, unbolt, unlatch



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