cross-shaped
Speech parts
1. cross-shaped - Adjective
2. cross-shaped - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
shaped in the form of a cross
Source: WordNetAlternative names
cross shaped
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Examples
American snapping turtles and musk turtles have small, cross-shaped plastrons that give them more efficient leg movement for walking along the bottom of ponds and streams.
Another popular configuration, especially for churches with large choirs is cruciform or cross-shaped or what is called the "Greek-cross."
Si Guo Qi "Four Kingdoms Chess" is also played on a riverless, cross-shaped board, but with four players.
However, it may also be worth affirming that discipleship rooted in the resurrection is still cross-shaped.
Penetration twins consist of two single crystals that have grown into each other; examples of this twinning include cross-shaped staurolite twins and Carlsbad twinning in orthoclase.
It funded a simple cross-shaped system that connected the major cities, ports and mining areas, and linked to neighboring countries.