bridge
/bɹɪd͡ʒ/
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.; A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc; A connection, real or abstract
- plural
- bridges
Meanings
- 1
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.; A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc
Tom blew up the bridge.
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There was a bridge there.
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- 2
A connection, real or abstract
- 3
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.; The upper bony ridge of the human noserare
- 4
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.; A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teethrare
- 5
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.; The gap between the holes on a bowling ballrare
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An arch or superstructure.; An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeckrare
- 7
An arch or superstructure.; The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding boardrare
- 8
An arch or superstructure.; A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sportsrare
- 9
An arch or superstructure.; A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spiderrare
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An arch or superstructure.; Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyedrare