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noun
- 1. a structure carrying a road, path, railroad, or canal across a river, ravine, road, railroad, or other obstacle: "a bridge across the river" Similar
- 2. the elevated, enclosed platform on a ship from which the captain and officers direct operations: "Talbot stepped across the two gunwales and made his way up to the bridge"
verb
- 1. be a bridge over (something): "a covered walkway that bridged the gardens" Similar
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The meaning of BRIDGE is a structure carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression or obstacle (such as a river). How to use bridge in a sentence.
To get to the restaurant, you need to go over the bridge. We drove across the bridge. Part-time work can provide a bridge between staying at home and working full-time. The island is joined to the mainland by a road bridge. The children ran down the bank, over the bridge and along the path. They're building a new bridge across the river.
BRIDGE meaning: 1. a structure that is built over a river, road, or railway to allow people and vehicles to cross…. Learn more.
A bridge is a structure that is built over a railway, river, or road so that people or vehicles can cross from one side to the other.
A bridge is what gets you from one side of the river to the other. A bridge connects things. The bridge of your nose connects your nose to your head — it's where the bridge of your eyeglasses rests.
BRIDGE meaning: 1 : a structure built over something (such as a river) so that people or vehicles can get across; 2 : something that joins or connects different people or things
Definition of bridge noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. [countable] a thing that provides a connection or contact between two different things The book serves as a bridge between ancient wisdom and modern science. Cultural exchanges are a way of building bridges between countries.
Definition of bridge noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [countable] a structure that is built over a road, railway, river, etc. so that people, vehicles, etc. can cross from one side to the other. We crossed the bridge over the River Windrush. The river was spanned by a railway bridge.
What does the noun bridge mean? There are 33 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun bridge, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. bridge has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. How common is the noun bridge?
BRIDGE meaning: 1. a structure that is built over a river, road, etc so that people or vehicles can go across it…. Learn more.
