crossbar vs spoke

crossbar

noun
  • The top tube of a bicycle frame. 

  • The top of the goal structure. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To mark with a pattern of transverse bars. 

spoke

noun
  • A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim. 

  • A projecting handle of a steering wheel. 

  • A rung of a ladder. 

  • One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation. 

  • A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill. 

verb
  • simple past tense of speak 

  • To furnish (a wheel) with spokes. 

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