CROSSWALK

crossing, crosswalk, crossover

(noun) a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

crosswalk (plural crosswalks)

(US) Place where pedestrians can cross a street.

(databases) A mapping between equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.

Synonyms

• crossing

• pedestrian crossing

Hyponyms

• pelican crossing, puffin crossing, toucan crossing

• zebra crossing

Verb

crosswalk (third-person singular simple present crosswalks, present participle crosswalking, simple past and past participle crosswalked)

(databases) To map equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.

Anagrams

• classwork

Source: Wiktionary



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12 May 2025

UNSEASONED

(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”


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