Crossing and Watershed

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Crossing noun - A journey over water in a vessel.

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Watershed and crossing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Watershed" instead a noun "Crossing".

Nearby Words: cross, crossed, crossbar, crossover

Watershed noun - A point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs.

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Crossing and watershed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crossing" instead a noun "Watershed".

As an aside, the term "watershed" comes from agriculture; it refers to an earthen barrier that prevents irrigation water from crossing into a neighboring field, allowing the two fields to run on different watering schedules (and thus house different crops).

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