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Noun
/ˈkrôsˌrōdz/,
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crossroads, plural;
  1. An intersection of two or more roads

  2. A point at which a crucial decision must be made that will have far-reaching consequences
    • - we stand again at a historic crossroads
  3. A road that crosses a main road or joins two main roads

  1. hamlet: a community of people smaller than a village
  2. juncture: a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point"
  3. a point where a choice must be made; "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology"
  4. (crossroad) intersection: a junction where one street or road crosses another
  5. Crossroads is a 1937 Chinese tragicomedy film directed by Shen Xiling and starring Bai Yang and Zhao Dan. The film exemplified the growing trend of Chinese films by the mid-1930s of incorporating references (both veiled and explicit) to the war with Japan. ...
  6. Crossroads is a 1942 mystery film starring William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor and Basil Rathbone. Powell plays a diplomat whose amnesia about his past comes back to trouble him.
  7. Crossroads is the title of a 30-minute American television religion drama series which aired from 1955-1957, the first season on ABC and the second via syndication.
  8. Crossroads is a 1976 short film directed by Bruce Conner. It features extreme slow-motion replays of the July 25, 1946 Operation Crossroads Baker underwater nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. . ...
  9. Crossroads is a 1986 cult film starring Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca and Jami Gertz, inspired by the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson.
  10. Crossroads is a 2002 comedy-drama film directed by Tamra Davis and written by Shonda Rhimes starring pop superstar Britney Spears in her first major movie role along with Dan Aykroyd and Kim Cattrall. The film was rated PG-13 in the United States due to sexual content and brief teen drinking.
  11. Crossroads is the second album by singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). It was certified Platinum in the US.
  12. "Dear God" is the tenth and final song as well as fourth single from Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled album.
  13. Band of Brothers is a 2001 ten-part television World War II miniseries based on the book of the same title written by historian and biographer Stephen Ambrose. The executive producers were Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who had collaborated on the World War II film Saving Private Ryan (1998).. ...
  14. "Crossroads" (Parts 1 and 2) are the nineteenth and twentieth episodes of the third season and season finale from the science fiction television series, Battlestar Galactica. Neither episode begins with a survivor count.
  15. "The Crossroads" is a Grammy-award winning song performed by the hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, dedicated to the late rap icon Eazy-E and released in 1995. It is one of the group's most popular songs to date, and their biggest selling single.
  16. Crossroads is a high-density township in Cape Town, South Africa.
  17. CMT Crossroads is a television show broadcast on Country Music Television and Palladia that pairs country music artists with musicians from other music genres. Each episode of CMT Crossroads features a different set of stars playing together.
  18. Crossroads was a five-issue limited series published in 1988 by First Comics.
  19. A crossroads is a road junction, where two or more roads meet. In British English it is specifically defined as being where two roads cross each other (there are exactly 4 arms). While in American English it can refer to a road intersection with any number of arms.
  20. American Pie is the title of a 1971 music album by Don McLean, best known for its title track about The Day the Music Died. The third track, "Vincent," is a tribute to the famed artist Vincent Van Gogh.
  21. Crossroads is a music collection box set by Eric Clapton. The set includes his work with the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Blues Breakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, and Derek and the Dominos, as well as his solo career. ...
  22. The Ancient Egyptian Crossroads hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O49 for the intersection of a town's streets. In some Egyptian hieroglyphs books it is called a City Plan.
  23. "Crossroads" is the ninth episode of season one of the CBS drama Jericho, first aired on November 15, 2006.
  24. A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads; A centrally located position; A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change direction, course, or goal; this sense?) (nonstandard) A fork in the road
  25. (CROSSROAD) An intersection at which two roads cross each other at approximately 90 degrees.