CROSSBAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crossbar mean? 

• CROSSBAR (noun)
  The noun CROSSBAR has 3 senses:

1. a horizontal bar that goes across something

2. game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over

3. long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts

  Familiarity information: CROSSBAR used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROSSBAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A horizontal bar that goes across something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crossbar" is a kind of...):

bar (a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crossbar"):

doubletree (a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast)

swingletree; whiffletree; whippletree (a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crossbar" is a kind of...):

game equipment (equipment or apparatus used in playing a game)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crossbar" is a kind of...):

crosspiece (a transverse brace)

Holonyms ("crossbar" is a part of...):

goalpost (one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field)