npluralcrossroads[C]
a place where two roads meet and cross each other
→junction, T-junction T-junctionat the crossroads
　Turn left at the next crossroads.
　The car was approaching the crossroads.
a time when someone has to make very important decisions which will affect their future
at a crossroads
　Now farming is at a crossroads in the European Community.
　a career crossroads
an important or central place
at the crossroads
　The city was ideally situated at the crossroads to the great trade centres of Europe.