Phrase guide

horizontal bar

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics, upon which acts of swinging are performed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • Near-synonym: pull-up bar

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: high bar, pull-up bar

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A gymnastics event using the horizontal bar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The dash symbol (―) (used to introduce quoted text)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media, publishing, typography

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quotation dash

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The horizontal form of the fraction bar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media, publishing, typography

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

gymnastic apparatus consisting of a bar supported in a horizontal position by uprights at both ends

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: high bar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gymnastic apparatus, exerciser

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: висилка (visilka) — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單杠 or 單槓 /单杠 (dāngàng) — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Czech: hrazda — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Dutch: rekstok — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Esperanto: reko — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Finnish: rekki — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • French: barre fixe — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • German: Reck — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Greek: μονόζυγο (monózygo) — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Hebrew: מֶתַח (métaẖ) — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Hungarian: nyújtó — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Hungarian: magasugróléc — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Hungarian: magasugró léc — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Icelandic: svifrá — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Japanese: 鉄棒 (testubō) — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Kazakh: белтемір (beltemır) — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Korean: 철봉 (cheolbong) — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Macedonian: вратило (vratilo) — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Persian: بارفیکس (bârfiks) — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Polish: drążek — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Portuguese: barra fixa — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Romanian: bară fixă — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Russian: перекла́дина (perekládina) — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Russian: турни́к (turník) — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Serbo-Croatian: вра̀тило — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Serbo-Croatian: vràtilo — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Swedish: räck — horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • Bulgarian: висилка (visilka) — gymnastics event
  • Finnish: rekki — gymnastics event
  • Hungarian: nyújtógyakorlat — gymnastics event