horizontal bar

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horizontal bar

noun horizontal bars

  1. A horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics, upon which acts of swinging are performed. Near-synonym: pull-up bar

    Similar: high bar, pull-up bar

  2. A gymnastics event using the horizontal bar.
  3. The dash symbol (―) (used to introduce quoted text)

    Similar: quotation dash

  4. The horizontal form of the fraction bar.

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noun horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics

한국어철봉 cheolbong
日本語鉄棒 testubō
中文單杠 or 單槓 /单杠 dāngàng
Portuguêsbarra fixa
Françaisbarre fixe
DeutschReck
Ελληνικάμονόζυγο monózygo
Românăbară fixă
Русскийперекла́дина perekládina, турни́к turník
עבריתמֶתַח métaẖ

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@misc{horizontal_bar_2026,
  title = {horizontal bar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/horizontal%20bar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}