shortcut, cutoff, crosscut
(noun) a route shorter than the usual one
crosscut
(noun) a diagonal path
crosscut, cut across
(verb) cut using a diagonal line
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crosscut (plural crosscuts)
A crosswise cut.
A shortcut.
An instance of filmic crosscutting.
A crosscut saw.
(mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
crosscut (third-person singular simple present crosscuts, present participle crosscutting, simple past and past participle crosscut)
To cut across something.
(film) To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes.
Source: Wiktionary
Cross"cut` (-kt`)
Definition: , v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect.
Cross"cut`, n.
1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
2. (Mining)
Definition: A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. Crosscut saw. (a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise. (b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 June 2025
(noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups; “on good terms with her in-laws”; “on a friendly footing”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
