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Noun: crossroads  'krós,rowdz
  1. A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
    "at that crossroads he had no idea what to do";
    - juncture, critical point, climacteric
     
  2. A point where a choice must be made
    "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology"
     
  3. A community of people smaller than a village
    "The crossroads was little more than a general store and a gas station";
    - hamlet
Noun: crossroad  'krós,rowd
  1. A junction where one street or road crosses another
    "They agreed to meet at the crossroad near the old church";
    - intersection, crossway [N. Amer], crossing, carrefour

Type of: community, convergence, crisis, intersection, junction, overlap

Part of: road, route

Encyclopedia: Crossroads, Part 2

Crossroad, Arkansas