crossbar

Meaning

Noun

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.
2. The top of the goal structure.
3. The top tube of a bicycle frame.

Verb

To mark with a pattern of transverse bars.

Synonyms

crossbeam

bolt

transom

strut

bar

horizontal bar

latch

lath

lintel

longitudinal beam

pillow

stringer

tapper

traverse

virgule

cross-piece

door latch

gate with a crossbar

roofed gate

longitudinal girder

transverse member

four-way branch

four-way pipe

tail arm

flask bar

brace

crosspiece

fork

girder

jib

joint

Hyphenated as

cross‧bar

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: crose bar

In summary

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