crossflow
noun, verb
crossflow is a noun meaning “A crosswise flow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-R-O-S-S-F-L-O-W, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of crossflow is crossflows.
What does crossflow mean?
noun
- 1
A crosswise flow.
verb
- 1
To flow across, or in a contrary direction.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of crossflow
- crossflows plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- crossflowing participle, present
- crossflowed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is crossflow?
Crossflow appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does crossflow come from?
From cross- + flow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).