bridge
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(noun) any of various card games based on whist for four players |
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Related Words: auction, auction bridge, bridge whist, card game, cards, contract, contract bridge |
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(verb) make a bridge across; "bridge a river" |
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Related Words: bring together, join |
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(verb) cross over on a bridge |
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Related Words: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse |
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(verb) connect or reduce the distance between |
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Synonyms: bridge over |
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Related Words: connect, link, tie |
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(noun) allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. |
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Synonyms: span |
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Related Words: Bailey bridge, bateau bridge, cantilever bridge, construction, covered bridge, drawbridge, floating bridge, flyover, flypast, footbridge, gangboard, gangplank, gangway, lift bridge, overcrossing, overpass, pedestrian bridge, pontoon bridge, rope bridge, steel arch bridge, structure, suspension bridge, trestle bridge, truss bridge, viaduct |
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(noun) where ship is steered and captain stands |
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Synonyms: bridge deck |
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Related Words: conning tower, fly bridge, flybridge, flying bridge, moneky bridge, upper deck |
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(noun) the link between two lenses; rests on nose |
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Synonyms: nosepiece |
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Related Words: link, linkup, tie, tie-in |
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(noun) a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth |
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Synonyms: bridgework |
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Related Words: denture |
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(noun) wooden piece that holds string up |
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Related Words: support |
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(noun) a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected |
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Synonyms: bridge circuit |
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Related Words: Wheatstone bridge, circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit |
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(noun) the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose; "her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose" |
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Related Words: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure |
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(noun) something resembling a bridge in form or function: "his letters provided a bridge across the centuries" |
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Related Words: connectedness, connection, connexion |
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