BRIDGES | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Bridge

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

Old English brycg (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brug and German Brücke

Audio Pronunciation:

Phonetic Spelling: brɪdʒ

Dialects: British English

Definition:

a structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc. across a river, road, or other obstacle

Short Definition:

structure crossing obstacle

Examples:

a bridge across the River Thames
a railway bridge

Definition:

the elevated, enclosed platform on a ship from which the captain and officers direct operations

Short Definition:

captain's platform on ship

Examples:

Talbot stepped across the two gunwales and made his way up to the bridge

Definition:

the upper bony part of a person's nose

Short Definition:

bony part of nose

Examples:

he pushed his spectacles further up the bridge of his nose

Definition:

a partial denture supported by natural teeth on either side.

Short Definition:

partial denture

Definition:

the part of a stringed instrument over which the strings are stretched

Short Definition:

part over which strings are stretched

Examples:

ebony bridges and fingerboards

Definition:

a bridge passage or middle eight.

Short Definition:

bridge passage

Definition:

the support for the tip of a billiard cue formed by the hand.

Short Definition:

hand as support for billiard cue

Definition:

an electric circuit with two branches across which a detector or load is connected, used to measure resistance or other property by equalizing the potential across the two ends of a detector, or to rectify an alternating voltage or current.

Short Definition:

electric circuit