river crossing

collocation in English

meaningsofriverandcrossing

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withriver.
river
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrɪv.ər/us
/ˈrɪv.ɚ/
a natural wide flow of fresh water across the land into the sea, a lake, or ...
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crossing
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkrɒs.ɪŋ/us
/ˈkrɑː.sɪŋ/
a place where something such as a road, river, etc. can be crossed safely, or a place where a road and a railway meet and cross ...
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(Definition ofriverandcrossingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofriver crossing

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They have been grouped under three main headings : therivercrossing, the defences and the town within the defences.
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They expect variability, they expect therivercrossingis not going to be the same like the year before.
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A newrivercrossingis already proposed.
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For those reasons, we deserve a betterrivercrossing.
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I welcome the decision to construct a secondrivercrossing.
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Perhaps we need such a crossing, but it should be not a new roadrivercrossingbut a public transportrivercrossing.
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There is a difference between a majorrivercrossingand a motorway or a trunk road.
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But that does not get over the problem of the capacity of therivercrossing.
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In this case everyone who uses this majorrivercrossingwill be saved very considerable expense.
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The rôle of this unit is to providerivercrossingfacilities.
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Those roads are obstructed by this quite artificial obstruction of therivercrossing.
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It lies at a majorrivercrossing.
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Therivercrossingwas fortified with stockades.
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We have lived with that state of affairs for decades, and for decades we have wanted anotherrivercrossing.
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There are too many cars trying to gain access to too fewrivercrossingpoints in our area.
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As he knows, there are opposing points of view to his own in respect of the newrivercrossing.
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Major maintenance has also been carried out on the road both north and south of therivercrossing.
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We need a newrivercrossing, the cost of which, as we have already heard, is quite astronomic.
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Therivercrossinglies east of the terminus.
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The largest obstacle to the project was therivercrossing.
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The fight at therivercrossinglasted three days.
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The ferry became the keyrivercrossingin the area.
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