crossbar (redirected from crossbars)

cross·bar  (krôsbär, krs-)

n.

A horizontal bar, line, or stripe.

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crossbar [ˈkrɒsˌbɑː]

n

1. a horizontal bar, line, stripe, etc.

2. (Team Sports / Football Terms (both Rugby & Soccer)) a horizontal beam across a pair of goalposts

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Athletics (Track & Field)) (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a horizontal bar mounted on vertical posts used in athletics or show-jumping

4. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) the horizontal bar on a man's bicycle that joins the handlebar and saddle supports

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crossbar - a horizontal bar that goes across something bar - a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" doubletree - a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast swingletree, whiffletree, whippletree - a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling
	2.	crossbar - game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over game equipment - equipment or apparatus used in playing a game
	3.	crossbar - long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts crosspiece - a transverse brace goalpost - one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field

Translations

crossbar [ˈkrɒsbɑːʳ] N [of bicycle] → barra f; [of goalpost] → travesaño m, larguero m

crossbar [ˈkrɒsbɑː^r] n → barre f transversale
to hit the crossbar → frapper la transversale

crossbar [ˈkrɒsˌbɑːʳ] n (of bicycle) → canna; (of goal post) → traversa

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crossbar [ˈkrɒsˌbɑːʳ] n (of bicycle) → canna; (of goal post) → traversa