CROSSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crosse mean? 

• CROSSE (noun)
  The noun CROSSE has 1 sense:

1. a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse

  Familiarity information: CROSSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROSSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crosse" is a kind of...):

racket; racquet (a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games)

 Context examples 

In addition, JNJ-26483327 crosses the blood-brain barrier (BBB).

(Multitargeted Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor JNJ-26483327, NCI Thesaurus)

A SI unit of volumetric flow rate defined as the rate at which one cubic meter of matter crosses a given surface during the period of time equal to one second.

(Cubic Meter per Second, NCI Thesaurus)

An alpha-2 adrenergic agonist that crosses the blood-brain barrier.

(Clonidine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Ceftazidine also crosses the blood-brain barrier and reaches therapeutic concentrations in the central nervous system (CNS).

(Ceftazidime, NCI Thesaurus)

The point at which a line or curve crosses an axis.

(Intercept, NCI Thesaurus)

Carmustine is highly lipophilic and crosses the blood-brain barrier readily.

(Carmustine, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived from crosses made by Little in 1929-1930 between DBA progenitors.

(DBA/1 Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent crosses the blood-brain-barrier and activates sigma opioid receptors on the cough center in the central nervous system, thereby suppressing the cough reflex.

(Dextromethorphan, NCI Thesaurus)

A metric mass flow rate unit equal to the rate at which mass of matter of one gram crosses a given surface or/and is transferred over a period of twenty four hours.

(Gram per 24 Hours, NCI Thesaurus)

These crosses stand for the names of ships or towns that they sank or plundered.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)