st. andrew's cross

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   a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length

   Synonymssaltire

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Questions about st. andrew's cross

What does st. andrew's cross mean?

st. andrew's cross means "a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length".

What is another word for st. andrew's cross?

Close synonyms include saltire. 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 st. andrew's cross a common word?

st. andrew's cross 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.