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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

cross-country

· IPA /krˈɔskˌʌntriː/
01 adj. from one side of a country to the other; as, a cross-country railway.
  1. 1.
    from one side of a country to the other; as, a cross-country railway.
  2. 2.
    moving across open country rather than following tracks or roads; as, a cross-country race. Opposite of road.
02 n. a race over a course including countryside, rather than over roads or prepared paths.
  1. 1.
    a race over a course including countryside, rather than over roads or prepared paths.
Syn. cross country.