crossbar

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Noun

crossbar (plural crossbars)

1. 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.
2. (sports) The top of the goal structure.
   • 2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, BBC Sport:

     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.

3. The top tube of a bicycle frame.

Synonyms

(sports sense): bar

Derived terms

• crossbar switch

Translations

the top of the goal structure

• Armenian: հորիզոնական դարպասաձող (hy) (horizonakan darpasajoł)
• Bulgarian: напречна греда (bg) (naprečna greda) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橫梁 (cmn), 横梁 (cmn) (héngliáng)

• Czech: břevno (cs) n
• Dutch: doellat

• French: barre transversale (fr) f, transversale (fr) f
• German: Querlatte (de) f
• Japanese: 横木 (ja) (よこき, yokoki, よこぎ, yokogi), クロスバー (ja) (kurosubā)
• Portuguese: travessão (pt) m
• Russian: перекладина (ru) (perekládina) f
• Swedish: ribba (sv) c

the top tube of a bicycle frame

• Bulgarian: напречник (bg) (naprečnik) m
• Czech: štangle (cs) f
• Jèrriais: barre f, barre dé travèrs f

• Polish: rama (pl) f
• Russian: поперечина (ru) (poperéčina) f
• Swedish: stång (sv) c