crossbar

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English crose bar, equivalent to cross- +‎ bar. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹ̠ɑs.bɑɹ/ Hyphenation: cross‧bar === Noun === crossbar (plural crossbars) 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. (sports) The top of the goal structure. The top tube of a bicycle frame. ==== Synonyms ==== (bar through the shank of an anchor): stock (top of goal structure): bar ==== Derived terms ==== crossbar hotel crossbar shot crossbar switch ==== Translations ==== === Verb === crossbar (third-person singular simple present crossbars, present participle crossbarring, simple past and past participle crossbarred) (transitive) To mark with a pattern of transverse bars. === Anagrams === Scarbros == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English crossbar. === Noun === crossbar n (uncountable) crossbar ==== Declension ====