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cross⋅bar

[kraws-bahr, kros-]
–noun
1. a horizontal bar, line, or stripe.
2. the horizontal bar forming part of the goal posts, as in football and soccer.
3. a horizontal bar used for gymnastics.
4. a horizontal bar that rests on uprights and that an athlete must clear in performing the pole vault or high jump.
5. a horizontal line in some letters of the alphabet, as in capital H.
6. the horizontal top bar on the frame of a man's bicycle.

Origin:
1550–60; cross- + bar 1
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cross·bar   (krôs'bär', krŏs'-)   
n.  A horizontal bar, line, or stripe.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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