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crossbar

Syllables: cross·bar/ˈkɹ̠ɑs.bɑɹ/

crossbar noun: 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.

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.
    Synonyms:
    stock
  2. 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.2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    bar
  3. The top tube of a bicycle frame.

Verb

crossbar (third-person singular simple present crossbars, present participle crossbarring, simple past and past participle crossbarred)

  1. (transitive) To mark with a pattern of transverse bars.

crossbar meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Malay

crossbar in Tamil

எழு, குறுக்குச்சட்டம், உழலை, குறுக்கு மரம், குறுக்குக் கம்பம்

crossbar in Kannada

ಅಡ್ಡಗೆರೆ, ಅಡ್ಡಕಂಬಿ

crossbar in Arabic

transverse piece
عَارِضَة ʕāriḍa

crossbar in Malay

transverse piece
bar silang

Examples of crossbar in a sentence

  • The crossbar is decorated either with a flat knob or with a Persian merlon.
  • It ended in the most excruciating way for Megan Rapinoe: a penalty kick skied over the crossbar, shock, disappointment, a rueful smile to herself.
  • Jermain Defoe dinked in an equaliser and Gareth Bale hit the crossbar for the hosts before Elliott Bennett arrowed in Norwich's winner.

All 10 example sentences with crossbar

Synonyms of crossbar

Forms of crossbar

Noun
pluralcrossbars
Verb
third-person singular presentcrossbars
present participlecrossbarring
past participlecrossbarred
pastcrossbarred

Plural of crossbar: crossbars

Origin of crossbar

From Middle English crose bar, equivalent to cross- + bar.

Words formed from crossbar

Phrases with crossbar

Questions about crossbar

What does crossbar mean?
Crossbar means 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.
What is crossbar in Tamil?
Crossbar in Tamil is எழு, குறுக்குச்சட்டம், உழலை. See Crossbar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crossbar?
Crossbar can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce crossbar?
Crossbar is pronounced /ˈkɹ̠ɑs.bɑɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of crossbar?
The plural of crossbar is crossbars.

Words near crossbar in the dictionary

  1. crossband
  2. crossbanded
  3. crossbanding
  4. crossbandings
  5. crossbands
  6. crossbar
  7. crossbar hotel
  8. crossbar hotels
  9. crossbar switch
  10. crossbar switches
  11. crossbarred

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: crossbar (page history and authors); crossbar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crossbar (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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