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noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • US: /ˈkɹ̠ɑs.bɑɹ/
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1

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The top of the goal structure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The top tube of a bicycle frame.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To mark with a pattern of transverse bars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: crosspiece

6

noun

Meaning 6

game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: game equipment

7

noun

Meaning 7

a horizontal bar that goes across something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bar

Narrower terms: doubletree, whiffletree, whippletree, swingletree

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَارِضَة (ʕāriḍa) — transverse piece
  • Bulgarian: разпънка (razpǎnka) — transverse piece
  • Bulgarian: траверса (traversa) — transverse piece
  • Old Czech: břev — transverse piece
  • Finnish: poikkipalkki — transverse piece
  • Finnish: tukki — transverse piece
  • Galician: banzo — transverse piece
  • Hungarian: keresztrúd — transverse piece
  • Hungarian: keresztgerenda — transverse piece
  • Hungarian: keresztléc — transverse piece
  • Hungarian: hevederzár — transverse piece
  • Irish: trasnán — transverse piece
  • Malay: bar silang — transverse piece
  • Māori: whiti — transverse piece
  • Māori: pae — transverse piece
  • Māori: kaho — transverse piece
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tverrligger — transverse piece
  • Swedish: tvärslå — transverse piece
  • Welsh: croesfar — transverse piece
  • Armenian: հորիզոնական դարպասաձող (horizonakan darpasajoġ) — top of the goal structure
  • Bulgarian: напречна греда (naprečna greda) — top of the goal structure
  • Catalan: travesser — top of the goal structure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橫梁 (héngliáng) — top of the goal structure
  • Czech: břevno — top of the goal structure
  • Dutch: doellat — top of the goal structure
  • Faroese: tvørstong — top of the goal structure
  • Faroese: yvirliggjari — top of the goal structure
  • Finnish: ylärima — top of the goal structure
  • Finnish: poikkipalkki — top of the goal structure
  • French: barre transversale — top of the goal structure
  • French: transversale — top of the goal structure
  • German: Querlatte — top of the goal structure
  • Greek: οριζόντιο δοκάρι (orizóntio dokári) — top of the goal structure
  • Hungarian: felső kapufa — top of the goal structure
  • Japanese: 横木 — top of the goal structure
  • Japanese: クロスバー (kurosubā) — top of the goal structure
  • Latvian: pārliktnis — top of the goal structure
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tverrligger — top of the goal structure
  • Polish: poprzeczka — top of the goal structure
  • Portuguese: travessão — top of the goal structure
  • Portuguese: barra — top of the goal structure
  • Portuguese: trave — top of the goal structure
  • Russian: перекла́дина (perekládina) — top of the goal structure
  • Spanish: larguero — top of the goal structure
  • Spanish: travesaño — top of the goal structure
  • Swedish: ribba — top of the goal structure
  • Swedish: överliggare — top of the goal structure
  • Ukrainian: попере́чка (poperéčka) — top of the goal structure
  • Welsh: croesfar — top of the goal structure
  • Bulgarian: напречник (naprečnik) — top tube of a bicycle frame
  • Czech: štangle — top tube of a bicycle frame
  • Finnish: vaakaputki — top tube of a bicycle frame
  • Finnish: tanko — top tube of a bicycle frame
  • Hungarian: felsőcső — top tube of a bicycle frame
  • Hungarian: felső vázcső — top tube of a bicycle frame
  • Hungarian: váz — top tube of a bicycle frame
  • Norman: barre — top tube of a bicycle frame
  • Norman: barre dé travèrs — top tube of a bicycle frame
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stang — top tube of a bicycle frame
  • Polish: rama — top tube of a bicycle frame
  • Russian: попере́чина (poperéčina) — top tube of a bicycle frame
  • Swedish: stång — top tube of a bicycle frame
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