If a carpenter nails a board crossing another board at an angle, you might say, “He nailed the board on ________.”
CROSSWAYS | 330 |
CROSSWISE | 302 |
CRISS-CROSS | 137 |
NR | 37 |
CROOKED | 27 |
AT AN ANGLE | 26 |
SLANTWISE | 20 |
ASLANT | 19 |
ACROSS | 13 |
AN ANGLE | 13 |
ANGLE | 13 |
DIAGONALLY | 11 |
AT RIGHT ANGLES | 10 |
BIAS | 10 |
SLANCHWAYS | 9 |
SIDEWAYS | 7 |
CROSSWAY | 5 |
SLANT | 5 |
THE BIAS | 5 |
CATTY-CORNERED | 4 |
COCKEYED | 4 |
DIAGONAL | 4 |
SLANTED | 4 |
SLANTWAYS | 4 |
SLAUNCHWISE | 4 |
ANTIGODLIN | 3 |
ASKEW | 3 |
CATAWAMPUS | 3 |
CATTY-CORNER | 3 |
CROSS | 3 |
RIGHT ANGLES | 3 |
SLANTING | 3 |
SQUARE | 3 |
ACROST | 2 |
ANGLING | 2 |
AT A SLANT | 2 |
CRISS-CROSSING | 2 |
CUT ACROSS | 2 |
KITTY-CORNER | 2 |
MITERED | 2 |
NINETY-DEGREE ANGLE | 2 |
SKEW-GEE | 2 |
SLANCHWISE | 2 |
TOP | 2 |
A BIAS | 1 |
A FORTY-FIVE DEGREES | 1 |
A T | 1 |
ACROSS ANOTHER BOARD | 1 |
ACROSS EACH OTHER | 1 |
ACROSS IT | 1 |
ACROSS THE OTHER ONE | 1 |
ACROSS TIMBER | 1 |
ACROSS TO EACH OTHER | 1 |
AN EK | 1 |
ANGLEWISE | 1 |
ANTIGOZLIN | 1 |
AT A DIAGONAL | 1 |
AT A FORTY-FIVE DEGREE ANGLE | 1 |
AT A NINETY-DEGREE ANGLE | 1 |
AT RIGHT ANGLE | 1 |
ATHWART | 1 |
BEVEL | 1 |
BIAS-WAYS | 1 |
BRACE | 1 |
CADDY-WAMPUS | 1 |
CATAWAMPUSED | 1 |
CATER-BY | 1 |
CATERING | 1 |
CATTY-WAMP | 1 |
CATTY-WAMPUS | 1 |
CONTRARY TO THE OTHER | 1 |
CORNERWAYS | 1 |
CORNERWISE | 1 |
CRANKSIDE | 1 |
CRISS-CROSSED | 1 |
CROSS ANGLE | 1 |
CROSS ANGLES | 1 |
CROSS IT | 1 |
CROSS-ANGLE | 1 |
CROSS-ANGLES | 1 |
CROSSBAR | 1 |
CROSS-BEAMED | 1 |
CROSSING EACH OTHER | 1 |
CROSS-LIKE | 1 |
CROST | 1 |
CUT STRAIGHT ACROSS | 1 |
DIAGONALLY ACROSS | 1 |
EDGE ON THE OTHER ONE | 1 |
EDGEWISE | 1 |
FORTY-FIVE DEGREES | 1 |
HE TOED IT | 1 |
IN A CROSS | 1 |
KITTY-CORNERED | 1 |
KITTY-KI-SLAUNCH | 1 |
LAP | 1 |
LENGTHWAYS | 1 |
NINETY-DEGREE | 1 |
OBLIQUELY | 1 |
ONE ACROSS THE OTHER | 1 |
OPPOSITE THE OTHER | 1 |
OTHER SIDE FROM | 1 |
OVER | 1 |
OVERLAPPING | 1 |
PERPENDICULAR | 1 |
RIGHT ANGLE | 1 |
SCHLAUNCHWISE | 1 |
SCREW-GEE | 1 |
SI-GOGGLING | 1 |
SQUEE-JAW | 1 |
THE DIAGONAL | 1 |
THE SLANT | 1 |
TO RIGHT ANGLES | 1 |
TOP OF | 1 |
X-BRACE | 1 |
X-BRACING | 1 |
X-LIKE | 1 |
X-WAYS | 1 |
X-WISE | 1 |
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