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• n  a horizontal bar that goes across something
• n  game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over
• n  long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts

• Great Britain track meet in London, Pennel cleared the crossbar at 16 ft.
• When the magnets are energized, they pull themselves up toward the crossbar's metallic underside and the car is lifted into the air; magnets in the track provide propulsion.
• Twice, his players sprinted up field, shaking off defenders to take cannonball shots at the goal, but twice the ball struck the crossbar.

News & Articles

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• Boys’ soccer: Briar Woods, Tuscarora fall in Virginia AA semifinals
  BOYS’ SOCCER | The posts and crossbar are unkind to Briar Woods and Tuscarora, which both see their runs end in Virginia AA semifinal defeats in Radford.
  June 8, 2013 - Washington Post

Quotes

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• Tim Howard in USA Today
  The sound of crossbar is the best sound in the world -- I'm telling you,said Howard, who called it a "turning point" in the match.
• Tim Thomas in 940 News
  I saw him winding up to take the shot but then I lost it,Thomas said. "I heard it hit the crossbar, then I heard the crowd cheer so I thought it didn't go in, I thought it went up in the netting. I couldn't see the puck because it was...