crossbar
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English crose bar, equivalent to cross- + bar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
crossbar (plural crossbars)
- 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.
- (sports) The top of the goal structure.
- 2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- 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.
- The top tube of a bicycle frame.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
transverse piece
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top of the goal structure
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top tube of a bicycle frame
Verb[edit]
crossbar (third-person singular simple present crossbars, present participle crossbarring, simple past and past participle crossbarred)
- (transitive) To mark with a pattern of transverse bars.
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English crossbar.
Noun[edit]
crossbar n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
declension of crossbar (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) crossbar | crossbarul |
genitive/dative | (unui) crossbar | crossbarului |
vocative | crossbarule |
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