crosscut

== English == === Alternative forms === cross-cut === Etymology === From cross- + cut. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɒskʌt/ (also, especially formerly /ˈkɹɔːskʌt/) (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɔskʌt/, /ˈkɹɑskʌt/ Hyphenation: cross‧cut Rhymes: -ʌt === Noun === crosscut (plural crosscuts) A crosswise cut. A shortcut. An instance of filmic crosscutting. A crosscut saw. (mining) A tunnel or level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another through the country rock. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === crosscut (third-person singular simple present crosscuts, present participle crosscutting, simple past and past participle crosscut) To cut across something. To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. Coordinate term: rip (film) To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. (software engineering) To affect several modules of a program, without the possibility of being encapsulated in any one of them. See Cross-cutting concern. ==== Translations ====