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# handlebar

noun (a handlebar, handlebars — usually plural)

«handlebar» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Handlebars are the bar with handles at the front of a bicycle, scooter or motorbike that you hold to steer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handlebar/#m1)
2. A handlebar moustache is a long moustache curled up at the ends like handlebars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handlebar/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and road safety lessons, children learn to keep both hands on the handlebars, use the brakes on the handlebars, and check them before riding. Handlebars turn the front wheel to steer. Phrases: hold the handlebars, grip the handlebars, handlebar brakes, a bell on the handlebars.

### Examples

- Keep both hands on the handlebars when you ride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handlebar/#x1)
- I put a bell on my handlebars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handlebar/#x2)
- The brakes are on the handlebars of my bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handlebar/#x3)
- She hung her bag from the handlebars, which was not safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handlebar/#x4)
- The scooter's handlebars can be raised as you grow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handlebar/#x5)
- The old man had a curly handlebar moustache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handlebar/#x6)

### Note

Usually plural: «the handlebars», even though it is one piece. One word. Hanging heavy bags on the handlebars makes a bike hard to steer and is unsafe.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «handlebar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handlebar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«handlebar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handlebar.html) on Mova free.