crossbar

About 0.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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; most often functioning to connect, strengthen, or close something.
2. noun The top of the goal structure.
3. noun The top tube of a bicycle frame.
4. verb To mark with a pattern of transverse bars.

Similar words

axle barr splinter bar tiebar crosspiece crossarm footbar t-barb spreader bar crossbeam

Often followed by

switch of and switches is system to switching on

Word family

crossbars