What does crossbar mean?
Word: Crossbar
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Crossbar means a bar fixed across two upright posts, such as the top bar of a football goal or the bar along the frame of a bicycle.
How do you spell crossbar?
Syllables: cross - bar
Tricky part: The double s is the trap: only one s sound is heard, so pupils often write one s.
Watch out for: crosbar, crosebar
Memory tip: Two goalposts hold up the bar, and two s letters hold up the word: never let one fall.
Crossbar in a sentence
Example 1: The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back into play.
Example 2: The new bicycle has a lower crossbar, so it is easier to get on.
Example 3: Volunteers painted the old goalposts and crossbar white before the school match.
Fun Fact
In the high jump, the bar the athletes clear is also called the crossbar, and it rests loosely on pegs so that it falls if it is knocked.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Only one of these compound words is spelt correctly. Choose it:
a) sidline
b) crossbar
c) scorebord
d) goalpoast
Show answer
b) crossbar. Goalpost has no a, scoreboard needs an a, and sideline keeps the e of side.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
cr_ssb_r
a) o, e
b) u, a
c) a, a
d) o, a
Show answer
d) o, a. The first vowel is the o of across, and the last part rhymes with car.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
bsorascr
a) crossbar
b) barracks
c) crossword
d) acrobats
Show answer
a) crossbar. Barracks has a k, acrobats a t, and crossword a w and a d, so they cannot be made from these letters.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) scoreboard
b) crossbarr
c) goalkeeper
d) referee
Show answer
b) crossbarr. The word ends in a single r, as car and star do.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In which sport does the goal have a crossbar?
a) basketball
b) tennis
c) badminton
d) hockey
Show answer
d) hockey
2. In which sentence is crossbar used correctly?
a) Meena wore a woolly crossbar to keep her neck warm.
b) Meena hung her towel over the crossbar of the old swing.
c) Meena sliced the crossbar and spread jam on it.
d) Meena poured the mango juice into a tall crossbar.
Show answer
b) Meena hung her towel over the crossbar of the old swing.
