horizontal bar

noun

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

“Near-synonym: pull-up bar”

Similar
high barpull-up barquotation dash
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Meanings

nounhorizontal bar (plural horizontal bars)

plural horizontal bars

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

    Near-synonym: pull-up bar

    Synonyms: high bar, pull-up bar

  2. gymnasticsA gymnastics event using the horizontal bar.
  3. mediaThe dash symbol (―) (used to introduce quoted text)

    Synonyms: quotation dash

  4. mediaThe horizontal form of the fraction bar.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
high barpull-up bar

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

Similar
quotation dash

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
high bar
Broader
gymnastic apparatusexerciser
Also see
fraction barhigh barpull-up bar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian висилка, висилка
  • висилка (visilka)horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • висилка (visilka)gymnastics event
Chinese Mandarin 單杠 or 單槓 /单杠
  • 單杠 or 單槓 /单杠 (dāngàng)horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Czech hrazda
  • hrazdahorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Dutch rekstok
  • rekstokhorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Esperanto reko
  • rekohorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Finnish rekki, rekki
  • rekkihorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • rekkigymnastics event
French barre fixe
  • barre fixehorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
German Reck
  • Reckhorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Greek μονόζυγο
  • μονόζυγο (monózygo)horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Hebrew מֶתַח
  • מֶתַח (métaẖ)horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Hungarian nyújtó, magasugróléc
  • nyújtóhorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • magasugróléchorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • magasugró léchorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • nyújtógyakorlatgymnastics event
Icelandic svifrá
  • svifráhorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Japanese 鉄棒
  • 鉄棒 (testubō)horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Korean 철봉
  • 철봉 (cheolbong)horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Persian بارفیکس
  • بارفیکس (bârfiks)horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Polish drążek
  • drążekhorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Portuguese barra fixa
  • barra fixahorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Romanian bară fixă
  • bară fixăhorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Russian перекла́дина, турни́к
  • перекла́дина (perekládina)horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
  • турни́к (turník)horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Swedish räck
  • räckhorizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics
Cite this entry
APA

horizontal bar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horizontal%20bar

MLA

“horizontal bar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horizontal%20bar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horizontal bar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horizontal%20bar.

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