crossword
A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and…A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.
» Tom likes crossword puzzles.
Tom mag Kreuzworträtsel.
Тому нравятся кроссворды.
Тому подобаються кросворди.
Meaning
4 sensesA word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.
Kreuzworträtsel
кроссво́рдkrossvórd
кросво́рдkrosvórd
a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
(broadly, informal)The grid of such a puzzle.
(obsolete)The words in an acrostic puzzle from which the letters are to be taken.
(obsolete)A crossword enigma poem.
Examples
35 sentencesTom likes crossword puzzles.
Тому подобаються кросворди.
ruТому нравятся кроссворды.
deTom mag Kreuzworträtsel.
He did the crossword with ease.
ruОн с лёгкостью решил кроссворд.
deEr machte das Kreuzworträtsel mit Leichtigkeit.
Tom is doing a crossword puzzle.
ruТом разгадывает кроссворд.
deTom löst ein Kreuzworträtsel.
Do you like doing crossword puzzles?
Do you like to solve crossword puzzles?
Translations
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Origin
From cross + word. Various word puzzles referred to as "crosswords" date back to the 1860sFrom cross + word. Various word puzzles referred to as "crosswords" date back to the 1860s. The modern crossword puzzle was invented in 1913 by Arthur Wynne, who coined the name word-cross – crossword first appeared a few weeks later as a typographical error or deliberate transposition.
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Forms
plural: crosswords| Singular | crossword |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle:crossword puzzle