cross-index

1. 1.

   a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work

   Synonymscross-reference

   Broadercitation

1. 1.

   make an index that refers from one point to the next

   “These references are cross-indexed”

   Broaderindex

Questions about cross-index

What does cross-index mean?

cross-index means "a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cross-index?

cross-index has 3 syllables: cros-s-in-dex. The stress falls on "cros".

What is another word for cross-index?

Close synonyms include cross-reference. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cross-index a common word?

cross-index is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.