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Word entry · 4 letters

cusp

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"Edge moment"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /kʌsp/Part of speech nounSorted cpsuStarts with CEnds with P1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2U3S4P

Definitions

  1. point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)

Word origin

From Latin cuspis (“a point, spear, pointed end”); first used in astrology. Doublet of cuspid and cuspis.

Used in a sentence

  • I see freight returning in a big way. The 2016 reconnection of the Helwith Bridge quarries can produce up to three heavy trains a day. The nearby and much bigger Horton quarry is also on the cusp of rail reconnection.

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