(n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hazard, nominated for the Ballon d’Or earlier in the day, broke away from his industrious defensive running to curl a shot on to the base of the far post early on while Willian struck the crossbar with a free-kick just after the interval.
(2) Saúl gave the ball away to John Guidetti who powered home a 25-metre drive and Correa struck the crossbar at the other end before Hernández got his second with a header from Hugo Mallo’s cross.
(3) Five minutes into the second half the Nigerian attacker produced an audacious flick over the head of Borges before sending a pinpoint cross to Smith, only for the veteran striker to head on to the crossbar.
(4) He snatches at the ball and shoots it high over the crossbar.
(5) The team's response to the goal was to look for the pair with every attack but the closest they came was through Ravel Morrison's 20-yard free-kick in the 23rd minute, which would have crept under the crossbar had Karl Darlow not made a fine save.
(6) Javier Mascherano went close to scoring for the European champions in the 26th minute when he headed a Messi centre against the crossbar while Carlos Kameni was in fine form in the Málaga goal.
(7) Kane reacted after Christian Eriksen’s 61st minute free-kick had come back off the crossbar and it was one of those efforts that could have gone anywhere.
(8) The crossbar attachment that joins the four implant posts of the substructure provides better force distribution and less potential for resorption below the primary struts of the complete mandibular subperiosteal implant.
(9) Sánchez barrelled through to extend Weidenfeller with a low drive while Oxlade-Chamberlain, on his 100th appearance for the club, hit a marvellous looping shot from Sánchez’s pass that rattled the crossbar.
(10) Not long after the break, and shortly after watching Yannick Bolasie dodge Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa before brushing the crossbar with a shot, Carver introduced Ben Arfa at Luuk De Jong's expense.
(11) Carroll headed narrowly over De Gea’s crossbar in the 88th minute before a flurry of later West Ham pressure resulted in a double save by the goalkeeper.
(12) His header from Gaël Clichy's cross drew a flying save from Lloris and he had another effort cleared off the line by Rose and then fired a third just over the crossbar.
(13) Unfortunately, and I don't know how, the ball went up three metres and flew over the crossbar.
(14) The ball was floated the other way, where it caught the underside of the crossbar and dropped over the line.
(15) Twenty years on, it was almost a surprise Arsenal did not add more goals, the substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain coming the closest in stoppage time with a shot off the crossbar.
(16) All the peptidoglycan 15N peptide resonances observed in the intact cells and isolated cell walls could be accounted for by residues in the bridge or crossbar regions of the peptide chains, which indicated that only the cross-linking groups had a high degree of motional freedom.
(17) Roman Eremenko offered a warning with a shot just over Hart’s crossbar.
(18) Paul Pogba hit the crossbar with a dipping shot in the first half but never did enough to impose himself and, rightly or wrongly, it is hard not to look at the Frenchman and expect so much more from the world’s most expensive footballer.
(19) Danny Welbeck wafted his attempt over the crossbar.
(20) The striker killed it on his chest and then crashed a rash hasty shot past Howard and onto the crossbar!
Woodwork
Definition:
(n.) Work made of wood; that part of any structure which is wrought of wood.
Example Sentences:
(1) I think we are still the underdogs because they have high quality but we will try to do our best – if we lose it’s because Sevilla made a fantastic performance.” As well as missing a penalty Sevilla also hit the woodwork on two occasions, with the Leicester goal living a charmed life at times.
(2) Sanding operations also were found to produce a higher proportion of respirable dust (22%) than other woodworking operations (6%-14%).
(3) The ball thudded off the woodwork and Arsenal rocked on their heels.
(4) Older men, nonsmokers, and woodworkers were most likely to participate in all screening examinations.
(5) They won through Branislav Ivanovic's first-half goal but could also reflect on three other occasions when they struck the woodwork, alongside a clutch of other opportunities to emphasise their superiority.
(6) That was not necessarily a disaster for a team with West Ham’s skill set, however, so well stocked are they with long-range shooters, and both Pedro Obiang and Noble duly hit the woodwork from distance before half-time.
(7) It is concluded that there are a number of associations which warrant further investigation including: large bowel cancer in woodworkers and printers; bladder cancer in hairdressers and beauticians; and malignant lymphoma in farmers.
(8) Yet the Welsh government is set on building more roads like the M4 extension that will bring more harmful pollution and more congestion.” Alan Heaps, who runs a woodwork business from his house on the A472, agreed that radical action was needed.
(9) Overall, they had 15 shots on target, hitting the woodwork three times and finding Navas again in sublime form.
(10) Nikica Jelavic has just gone close to equalising for the home side, rattling the woodwork with a splendid free-kick.
(11) It is possible that the fraction of dust projected from woodworking machines towards the operator may have contributed both to measured dust concentrations and to exposure.
(12) Drogba had struck the woodwork in the 78th minute and Lampard would do likewise in stoppage-time.
(13) Already, many are coming out of the woodwork to say that Rice didn't do anything different then a lot of other coaches do all the time.
(14) That's the fourth time Barcelona have hit the woodwork over the course of the tie.
(15) A comparison of lung function in Caucasian and East Indian woodworkers revealed marked differences in FEV, FVC, AND MMF in relation to predicted age- and height-specific values of these variables reported in the literature.
(16) Admittedly, his side carried an attacking threat, Diego Costa striking the woodwork and impressive on a run-out in the midst of his domestic three-match ban, and Casillas – on his record 152nd appearance in this competition – doing well to thwart Fàbregas and Pedro early on.
(17) Frank Lampard had spoken of the game passing in "all a bit of a daze", with team-mates left to pick over the drama to recreate the timeline: conceding to Sergio Busquets; losing John Terry to a red card; falling further behind to Andrés Iniesta; Ramires's glorious riposte; Lionel Messi's penalty miss; the quivering of the woodwork as they heaved to contain the holders; the desperate rearguard action before Fernando Torres, the £50m goalscorer with so few goals to his name, sprinted alone into Barça territory and equalised in stoppage time.
(18) In contrast, ITAC in woodworkers occurs primarily in men, originates almost exclusively in the nasal cavity or ethmoid sinus, and has a better prognosis.
(19) Cancer incidence data from the Michigan Cancer Foundation Division of Epidemiology's Metropolitan Detroit Cancer Surveillance System (MDCSS) were linked with corporate records for their woodworkers.
(20) The ball swung to the other end and Sneijder hit the woodwork for the second time in the match.