crossbar
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crossbar
- /ˈkɹ̠ɑs.bɑɹ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English crose bar, equivalent to cross- + bar.
noun crossbars
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Any transverse bar or piece, such as a bar across a door, or the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor.
Similar: stock
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The top of the goal structure.
The effervescent Suarez then went close again as he worked space for a shot after a mazy run but could not keep his close-range shot below the crossbar.
Similar: bar
- The top tube of a bicycle frame.
verb crossbars · crossbarring · crossbarred
- To mark with a pattern of transverse bars.
Translations
Every language
noun transverse piece
| العربية | عَارِضَة ʕāriḍa |
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noun top of the goal structure
| Español | larguero, travesaño |
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| 日本語 | 横木, クロスバー kurosubā |
| 中文 | 橫梁 /横梁 héngliáng |
| Português | travessão, barra, trave |
| Français | barre transversale, transversale |
| Deutsch | Querlatte |
| Ελληνικά | οριζόντιο δοκάρι orizóntio dokári |
| Русский | перекла́дина perekládina |
noun top tube of a bicycle frame
| Русский | попере́чина poperéčina |
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@misc{crossbar_2026,
title = {crossbar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crossbar},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
