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A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
Answer for the clue "A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. ", 6 letters:
bridge
Alternative clues for the word bridge
- The hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose
- Game based on whist
- A circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected
- A woman with no time for such a tricky game
- Joiner, groom initially embraced by his partner?
- It takes a toll, often
Word definitions for bridge in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bridge/close/narrow the gap (= reduce the amount or importance of a difference ) ▪ The book aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice. ▪ The policies are designed to close the gap between rich and poor. bridging ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bridge \Bridge\, n. A card game resembling whist. Note: The trump, if any, is determined by the dealer or his partner, the value of each trick taken over six being: for ``no trumps'' 12, hearts 8, diamonds 6, clubs 4, spades 2. The opponents of ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bridge is an exercise . Many variations of this exercise are employed throughout the world, most commonly the balancing of the body on the head/shoulders and the feet. Hands are occasionally used instead of or along with the head. It is intended to improve ...
Usage examples of bridge.
And withal they saw men all armed coming from out the High House, who went down to the Bridge and abode there.
This illustration is not intended to apply to the older bridges with widely distended masses, which render each pier sufficient to abut the arches springing from it, but tend, in providing for a way over the river, to choke up the way by the river itself, or to compel the river either to throw down the structure or else to destroy its own banks.
Brunei constructed the towers and abutments for a suspension bridge of 702 ft.
The substructure of a bridge comprises the piers, abutments and foundations.
Some types of bridge can be built out from the abutments, the completed part forming an erecting stage on which lifting appliances are fixed.
The cost of abutments and bridge flooring is practically independent of the length of span adopted.
The wizard had drawn a seven-pointed star in lime-wash on a slab that had been part of the abutments of the Old Kingdom bridge.
Though the bridge of stone and timber had washed away centuries before, the abutments still remained.
Right now the only one of us tars actually working was Halle, who was chasing down a pool of vomit sicked up by Pael, the Academician, the only non-Navy personnel on the bridge.
Rather than take the time to cross on the bridge, she waded into the acequia, the water coming only to her knees.
I courted her, but she only laughed at me, for an actress, if in love with someone, is a fortress which cannot be taken, unless you build a bridge of gold, and I was not rich.
A single adamantine bridge, a narrow slab of metal without guardrails and wide enough for only two or three men abreast, spanned the moat.
He sat cross-legged on a large rock, near the far end of the adamantine bridge.
He floated to his feet and faced his first challenge, a simple detection spell that would alert the caster if anyone, in any form, crossed the adamantine bridge.
The Bridge over the Abyss was a classic means of progression on the path toward adeptship, but that path was in no wise an easy one.