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Swiss bar

[swɪs bɑɹ]

Swiss bar noun: a bar to lift weight plates upon including additional vertically aligned handles.

swiss bar: a bar to lift weight plates upon including additional vertically aligned handles
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Noun

Swiss bar (plural Swiss bars)

  1. A bar to lift weight plates upon including additional vertically aligned handles.

Synonyms of Swiss bar

Forms of Swiss bar

pluralSwiss bars

Origin of Swiss bar

Apparently in reference to the neutral Swiss foreign policy, as the most observable difference in performing a bench press with this bar is the neutral grip; perhaps reinforced in view of the complexity of a Swiss Army knife or even the stereotypic holes in Swiss cheese.

Questions about Swiss bar

What does Swiss bar mean?
Swiss bar means a bar to lift weight plates upon including additional vertically aligned handles.
What part of speech is Swiss bar?
Swiss bar is a noun.
How do you pronounce Swiss bar?
Swiss bar is pronounced [swɪs bɑɹ].
What is the plural of Swiss bar?
The plural of Swiss bar is Swiss bars.

Words near Swiss bar in the dictionary

  1. Swiss balls
  2. Swiss bank
  3. Swiss bank account
  4. Swiss bank accounts
  5. Swiss banks
  6. Swiss bar
  7. Swiss bars
  8. Swiss chard
  9. Swiss chards
  10. Swiss cheese
  11. Swiss cheese plant

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