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Word: crux (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A puzzle or difficulty.
  • heraldiccharge A cross on a coat of arms.
  • The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
  • The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
  • The hardest point of a climb.

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Proper noun:

  • constellation A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.

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