Associations to the word «Crosshatch»

Wiktionary

CROSSHATCH, noun. A pattern of crossing lines.
CROSSHATCH, verb. To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.

Dictionary definition

CROSSHATCH, noun. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines.
CROSSHATCH, verb. Shade with multiple crossing lines; "the draftsman crosshatched the area".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky