/ ˈkrɒsɪŋ; NAmE ˈkrɔːs-/ noun
1.
a place where you can safely cross a road, a river, etc., or from one country to another :
The child was killed when a car failed to stop at the crossing.
The next crossing point is a long way downstream.
He was arrested by guards at the border crossing.
—see also level crossing , pedestrian crossing , pelican crossing , zebra crossing
2.
a place where two lines, two roads or two tracks cross
SYN intersection
3.
a journey across a sea or a wide river :
a three-hour ferry crossing
a rough crossing from Dover to Calais
the first Atlantic crossing
4.
an act of going from one side to another :
attempted crossings of the border