Meanings
present singular third person crossbars · participle present crossbarring · participle past crossbarred · past crossbarred
- transitiveTo mark with a pattern of transverse bars.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny 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.
nounThe top of the goal structure.
Origin
- Middle Englishcrose bar
- Englishcrossbar
From Middle English crose bar, equivalent to cross- + bar.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic عَارِضَة
- عَارِضَة (ʕāriḍa)transverse piece
Bulgarian разпънка, траверса
- разпънка (razpănka)transverse piece
- траверса (traversa)transverse piece
- напречна греда (naprečna greda)top of the goal structure
- напречник (naprečnik)top tube of a bicycle frame
Catalan travesser
- travessertop of the goal structure
Chinese Mandarin 橫梁 /横梁
- 橫梁 /横梁 (héngliáng)top of the goal structure
Czech břevno, štangle
- břevnotop of the goal structure
- štangletop tube of a bicycle frame
Dutch doellat
- doellattop of the goal structure
Finnish poikkipalkki, tukki
- poikkipalkkitransverse piece
- tukkitransverse piece
- ylärimatop of the goal structure
- poikkipalkkitop of the goal structure
- vaakaputkitop tube of a bicycle frame
- tankotop tube of a bicycle frame
French barre transversale, transversale
- barre transversaletop of the goal structure
- transversaletop of the goal structure
German Querlatte
- Querlattetop of the goal structure
Greek οριζόντιο δοκάρι
- οριζόντιο δοκάρι (orizóntio dokári)top of the goal structure
Hungarian keresztrúd, keresztgerenda
- keresztrúdtransverse piece
- keresztgerendatransverse piece
- keresztléctransverse piece
- hevederzártransverse piece
- felső kapufatop of the goal structure
- felsőcsőtop tube of a bicycle frame
- felső vázcsőtop tube of a bicycle frame
- váztop tube of a bicycle frame
Irish trasnán
- trasnántransverse piece
Japanese 横木, クロスバー
- 横木top of the goal structure
- クロスバー (kurosubā)top of the goal structure
Latvian pārliktnis
- pārliktnistop of the goal structure
Malay bar silang
- bar silangtransverse piece
Māori whiti, pae
- whititransverse piece
- paetransverse piece
- kahotransverse piece
Norwegian Bokmål tverrligger, tverrligger
- tverrliggertransverse piece
- tverrliggertop of the goal structure
- stangtop tube of a bicycle frame
Polish poprzeczka, rama
- poprzeczkatop of the goal structure
- ramatop tube of a bicycle frame
Portuguese travessão, barra
- travessãotop of the goal structure
- barratop of the goal structure
- travetop of the goal structure
Russian перекла́дина, попере́чина
- перекла́дина (perekládina)top of the goal structure
- попере́чина (poperéčina)top tube of a bicycle frame
Spanish larguero, travesaño
- larguerotop of the goal structure
- travesañotop of the goal structure
Swedish tvärslå, ribba
- tvärslåtransverse piece
- ribbatop of the goal structure
- överliggaretop of the goal structure
- stångtop tube of a bicycle frame
Ukrainian попере́чка
- попере́чка (poperéčka)top of the goal structure
Welsh croesfar, croesfar
- croesfartransverse piece
- croesfartop of the goal structure
Cite this entry
crossbar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossbar
“crossbar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossbar. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crossbar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossbar.
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