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crosshatch

[kraws-hach, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˌhætʃ, ˈkrɒs- /




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With a knife, score a crosshatch pattern into the surface fat on top of the roast.

From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2023

Using a sharp paring knife, score the ham by making crosshatch cuts all over the surface about 1/2 inch deep and 1/2 inch apart, creating a square or diamond pattern.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2023

When exploring the crosshatch of Seattle streets and architecture with this column’s founder, Paul Dorpat, two decades ago, I realized that his X-ray photographic vision of our ephemeral city included similar traces.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2022

The surface is scored in a crosshatch pattern like an Easter ham, before the fruit is smoked hot and fast to darken the crust.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2020

Then, without hesitation, he set the Squirrel down once more on the Kool-Aid crosshatch, and Breashears and Athans husded Beck aboard.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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