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

Translations

tranca

travesaño

Querbalken

travesser

spranga

larguero

barre transversale

doellat

Querlatte

asticella

Latte

sürgü

αμπάρα

Langträger

Ruhekissen

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: crose bar

In summary

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