bridge
/bɹɪd͡ʒ/ noun A1- A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc. · The rope bridge crosses the river.· It was a beautiful view from the Brooklyn Bridge.
- The upper bony ridge of the human nose. · Rugby players often break the bridge of their noses.
- A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth. · The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge.
- The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
- 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 quarterdeck. · The first officer is on the bridge.
- The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
- A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
- 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 spider.
Plural bridges
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It looks as if the man got into the house after four when the curtains were drawn, and before six when the bridge was raised.
There was field upon field of ripening grain, with well-paved roads running between, and pretty rippling brooks with strong bridges across them.
The fences and houses and bridges were all painted bright red, just as they had been painted yellow in the country of the Winkies and blue in the country of the Munchkins.
Thanking the good woman, they started afresh and walked by the fields and across the pretty bridges until they saw before them a very beautiful Castle.
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