CROSSWORD meaning: Puzzle consisting of interlocking words

We found 22 dictionaries that define the word crossword:

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crossword: Merriam-Webster
crossword: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
crossword: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
crossword: Collins English Dictionary
crossword: Vocabulary.com
Crossword, crossword: Wordnik
crossword (puzzle): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
crossword: Wiktionary
crossword: Infoplease Dictionary
crossword: Dictionary.com
crossword: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Crossword: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
crossword: Rhymezone
crossword: FreeDictionary.org
crossword: Mnemonic Dictionary
crossword: TheFreeDictionary.com
crossword: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
crossword: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

crossword: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Crossword: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun: (games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.
▸ noun: (informal, by extension) The grid of such a puzzle

Types:

cryptic, quick, themed, acrostic, variety, mini, meta, fill-in, more...

Phrases:

crossword puzzle, crossword puzzles, cryptic crossword, The New York Times crossword puzzle, Crossword abbreviations, more...

Adjectives:

cryptic, daily, first, standard, good, own, difficult, british, simple, textual, quick

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black, white, gray, red, blue, more...

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