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▸ noun: A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
▸ noun: (anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
▸ noun: (dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
▸ noun: (bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
▸ noun: An arch or superstructure.
▸ noun: (nautical) 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.
▸ noun: (music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
▸ noun: (billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
▸ noun: (billiards, snooker, pool) 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.
▸ noun: 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 conveyed.
▸ noun: (wrestling) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
▸ noun: (gymnastics) A similar position in gymnastics.
▸ noun: A connection, real or abstract.
▸ noun: (medicine) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
▸ noun: (computing) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
▸ noun: (programming) A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
▸ noun: (networking) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
▸ noun: (physical chemistry) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
▸ noun: (electronics) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
▸ noun: (music) A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
▸ noun: (graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
▸ noun: (poetry) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
▸ noun: (diplomacy) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
▸ noun: A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
▸ noun: (biology) In turtles, the connection between the plastron and the carapace.
▸ noun: (electronics) Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
▸ noun: A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
▸ noun: (cycling) The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
▸ noun: A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
▸ noun: (roller derby) An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
▸ noun: (card games) A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand.
▸ verb: To be or make a bridge over something.
▸ verb: To span as if with a bridge.
▸ verb: (music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
▸ verb: (computing, communication) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
▸ verb: (wrestling) To go to the bridge position.
▸ verb: (roller derby) To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)
▸ noun: (card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: An occupational surname for a bridgekeeper
▸ noun: A habitational surname for someone living near a bridge or at a location called Bridge or Bridges
▸ noun: A toponymic surname for someone from Bruges
▸ noun: A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1854). Recorded as Brige in 1086 (DB), from Old English brycg.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, named for a river bridge.
▸ noun: Alternative form of Bridgen [A surname.]
▸ noun: Alternative form of Bridges [A surname.]
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span,
nosepiece,
bridgework,
Bridge circuit,
bridge deck,
bridge over,
footbridge,
viaduct,
overpass,
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