crosscut vs subway

crosscut

noun
  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

verb
  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

subway

noun
  • An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc. 

  • A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system. 

  • An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas. 

  • A train that runs on such an underground railway. 

  • An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US). 

verb
  • To travel by underground railway. 

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