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View synonyms for crosshatch

crosshatch

[ kraws-hach, kros- ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.


noun

  1. a pattern or mark made with such lines.

crosshatch

/ ˈkrɒsˌhætʃ /

verb

  1. drawing to shade or hatch (forms, figures, etc) with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross one another
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈcrossˌhatching, noun
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Other Words From

  • crosshatching noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crosshatch1

First recorded in 1815–25; cross- + hatch 3
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Example Sentences

Up close, you can see Lorenzato’s technique: After brushing on paint, he would make crosshatch patterns with a comb, a stick or a fork, giving the works a texture that almost seems to vibrate.

Hovering between realism and abstraction, these pieces, with their pink roses, puffy clouds and old-school amusement park rides drawn in rough, crosshatched lines, telegraph an almost childlike delight.

Sendak’s minutely crosshatched, freewheeling pictures are as familiar and mysterious as the contours of your childhood bedroom in the dark.

The veins, the spine, the nervous system: it is all there in Leonardo’s notebooks, immaculately crosshatched and detailed.

With a knife, score a crosshatch pattern into the surface fat on top of the roast.

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