Word: crossing
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cro
ssing
Definition: A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
Morphemes:
Affix: cross
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: crux
Language: la
Decoded: crux
PoS: Noun
Meaning: wooden frame on which criminals were crucified, especially a cross
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.