noun / verb
bridge
BRIJ/brɪdʒ/
A support spanning a gap between separated parts.
Cars cross the river on the supported deck of the bridge.
Etymology
Old English brycg already meant a crossing structure. The word’s earlier image is a beam or log laid across a gap, a simple version of the structure that now carries traffic.
In context
a bridge dating all the way back to 1901. It carries the Forbes Avenue across Frink Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The road allows a quicker cut through for traffic
More examples
- The translator bridged the language gap.
- The dentist checks the bridge replacing two missing teeth.
- The violin's strings rest on a small wooden bridge.
Forms
bridge · bridges · bridged · bridging
Similar words
- overpass
- Usually one route crossing above another.
- span
- The section between supports rather than necessarily the whole bridge.