crossbar
Americannoun
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a horizontal bar, line, or stripe.
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the horizontal bar forming part of the goal posts, as in football and soccer.
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a horizontal bar used for gymnastics.
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a horizontal bar that rests on uprights and that an athlete must clear in performing the pole vault or high jump.
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a horizontal line in some letters of the alphabet, as in capital H.
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the horizontal top bar on the frame of a man's bicycle.
noun
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a horizontal bar, line, stripe, etc
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a horizontal beam across a pair of goalposts
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a horizontal bar mounted on vertical posts used in athletics or show-jumping
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the horizontal bar on a man's bicycle that joins the handlebar and saddle supports
Etymology
Origin of crossbar
Example Sentences
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Up stepped Hurst in extra time, crashing one in off the crossbar - to much controversy - before adding his third and England's fourth in the dying seconds.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Austria was looking to attack more and brought on Sasa Kalajdzic, who responded quickly with a header that sailed over the crossbar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
As a result of the changes, Dembele filled his boots after Mbappe struck the underside of the crossbar inside the opening minute.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
And what about those jazzy plastic strakes framing the gloss-black crossbar?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
When she slammed that door and dropped the heavy crossbar, nobody could get into her room, not Septa Mordane or Fat Tom or Sansa or Jory or the Hound, nobody!
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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