"cross-light" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cross-lights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cross-light (plural cross-lights)
  1. A word clued by a stanza in a double acrostic or triple acrostic; its initial and final letters are used to form the uprights. Holonyms: double acrostic, triple acrostic
    Sense id: en-cross-light-en-noun-PT-kvyTf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A word clued by a stanza in a double acrostic or triple acrostic; its initial and final letters are used to form the uprights."
      ],
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        },
        {
          "word": "triple acrostic"
        }
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "double acrostic",
          "double acrostic"
        ],
        [
          "triple acrostic",
          "triple acrostic"
        ],
        [
          "upright",
          "upright"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross-light"
}
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "holonyms": [
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      "word": "double acrostic"
    },
    {
      "word": "triple acrostic"
    }
  ],
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        "English nouns",
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      ],
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        "A word clued by a stanza in a double acrostic or triple acrostic; its initial and final letters are used to form the uprights."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "double acrostic",
          "double acrostic"
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          "upright"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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