horizontal bar

English

Noun

horizontal bar (plural horizontal bars)

  1. (gymnastics) A horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics, upon which acts of swinging are performed.
    Synonym: high bar
    Near-synonym: pull-up bar
  2. (gymnastics) A gymnastics event using the horizontal bar.
  3. (typography) The dash symbol (―) (used to introduce quoted text)
    Synonym: quotation dash
  4. (typography) The horizontal form of the fraction bar.

Translations

typography: the dash symbol (―) (used to introduce quoted text — see quotation dash

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