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Crossroads

noun

A community of people smaller than a village. Synonym: hamlet.

A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made. Synonyms: critical point, juncture. "He must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point"

A point where a choice must be made.

Crossroad

noun

A junction where one street or road crosses another. Synonyms: carrefour, crossing, crossway, intersection.

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"Crossroads" Quotes from Famous Books

... affairs, that the increase of her pigs and poultry formed a prominent feature in his inquiries. She had let her little farm of thirty acres out on shares to neighbor Zack Slocum, who was esteemed the best crop-getter this side of the crossroads. The peach trees, of which she had seven ranged along the little picket fence round the garden, gave no very strong evidence of doing much, while the cherry tree over the well was touched with blight; but for all that she felt that ...

— The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter • "Pheleg Van Trusedale"

... near the edge of the town, and soon they were at the crossroads which is beyond its boundary. Here three men were waiting, with whom Lawler and Andrews held a short, eager conversation. Then they all moved on together. It was clearly some notable job which needed numbers. ...

— The Valley of Fear • Arthur Conan Doyle

... heather. All about me gathered the invisible terrors of the Martians; that pitiless sword of heat seemed whirling to and fro, flourishing overhead before it descended and smote me out of life. I came into the road between the crossroads and Horsell, and ran ...

— The War of the Worlds • H. G. Wells

... stilted and grandiloquent. All of his romances are stories of adventure which are enjoyed by boys, but not much read by others. Nevertheless, his best works fill a large place in southern literature and history. They tell in an interesting way the life of the border states, of southern crossroads towns, of colonial wars, and of Indian customs. What Cooper did for the North, Simms accomplished for the South. He lacked Cooper's skill and variety of invention, and he created no character to compare with Cooper's ...

— History of American Literature • Reuben Post Halleck

... little store itself, dim even in the centre and dark in the corners was gloomy enough for a country crossroads. ...

— Moonbeams From the Larger Lunacy • Stephen Leacock

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