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Crossties in a sentence

Crossties meaning

plural of crosstie

Using Crossties

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of crosstie

Context around Crossties

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

rotten 1×

Sentence patterns with Crossties

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and rotten crossties and repair 1× ties or crossties in the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

in britain the 1× the railroad employed 1×

Common sentence endings:

damage from washouts 1× the united states 1×

Words around Crossties

Just before it in the word index:

crosstalk 28 crossroads 436 crossroad 27 crossriverwatch 7 crossrice 2 crossrail 31

Just after it in the word index:

crosstown 59 crosstrek 17 crosstreks 2 crossville 5 crosswalk 119 crosswalks 65

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Crossties

  • In this selection, "crossties" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, rotten stand out and add context to how "crossties" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and rotten crossties and repair and ties or crossties in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "crossties" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with crossties

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The railroad employed track section crews to clear hazards and train wrecks from the track, replace worn rails and rotten crossties and repair damage from washouts. (26 words)

In Britain, the term sleeper is used for the devices that bear the weight of the rails and are known as ties or crossties in the United States. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

In Britain, the term sleeper is used for the devices that bear the weight of the rails and are known as ties or crossties in the United States. (28 words)

The railroad employed track section crews to clear hazards and train wrecks from the track, replace worn rails and rotten crossties and repair damage from washouts. (26 words)

Example sentences (2)

The railroad employed track section crews to clear hazards and train wrecks from the track, replace worn rails and rotten crossties and repair damage from washouts.

In Britain, the term sleeper is used for the devices that bear the weight of the rails and are known as ties or crossties in the United States.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "crossties" in a sentence?
An example: "The railroad employed track section crews to clear hazards and train wrecks from the track, replace worn rails and rotten crossties and repair damage from washouts." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "crossties" from authentic English texts.
What does "crossties" mean?
Crossties means: plural of crosstie
How many example sentences with "crossties" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "crossties", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.