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(engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
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A light used to warn aircraft away from tall structures.
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An outer port, gate, or door.
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A bridge with abutments at each end shaped as an arch.
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A bridge deployed by such a vehicle.
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(engineering, military) A portable, prefabricated truss bridge, designed for use by military engineering units.
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A pole or frame raised as a sea beacon or landmark.
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A counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers.
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A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leaves equipped with balancing and stabilizing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation.
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One of a pair of swinging doors which typically do not lock nor cover the full vertical range of the doorway (leaving a large gap at the top and bottom), common especially in saloons.
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(rail transport) A bay platform.
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A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
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(uncountable) Beacons collectively.
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(physics) The connected beams of light in an interferometer or similar device.
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A rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.
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Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
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A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
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Having a bow window in front.
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A tied-arch bridge, which has an upper arch tied to the bridge deck below.
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The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony, the railing of a quarterdeck, etc.
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Alternative spelling of bridge-and-tunnel [(New York City, slang, derogatory) Of people who travel to Manhattan via bridge or tunnel from surrounding communities.]
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An instance of a vehicle or ship colliding with a bridge; most strikes by vehicles are by those which are too high to pass under a low overbridge.
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(New York City, slang, derogatory) Of people who travel to Manhattan via bridge or tunnel from surrounding communities.
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(New York City, slang, derogatory) One who travels to Manhattan via bridge or tunnel from surrounding communities.
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The construction of bridges.
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An area around the end of a bridge.
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someone who maintains and/or operates a bridge
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The component parts of a bridge.
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That acts as a bridge (in many contexts)
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A metal plate used to bridge a gap between a lorry or truck and a loading bay (or between two vehicles) for loading and unloading purposes.
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Obsolete form of bridge. [A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.]
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A suspension bridge in New York, connecting boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River.
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A retaining wall along a waterfront.
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A style of railing consisting of a long continuous crosspiece supported by multiple uprights.
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(automotive) A C-pillar.
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A bridge where the deck is supported by cables attached directly to pillars
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(architecture) a bridge in which the horizontal deck is suspended from a reverse catenary to counteract bending
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A suspension bridge suspended on chains.
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A pier supported by chains like a chain bridge.
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Either of a pair of structures built on each side of a river or harbour mouth from which defensive chains were raised or lowered
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(rail transport) The man-made tunnel under the English Channel joining England and France.
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A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
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(racing) A pole with lights, similar to a traffic signal, used for signalling the start of an automobile race.
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(rail transport, informal) Short for Channel Tunnel. [(rail transport) The man-made tunnel under the English Channel joining England and France.]
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An ancient form of bridge made of large flat slabs of stone, often granite or schist, supported on stone piers across a river or resting on the banks of a stream.
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(construction) A span between e.g. roof timbers that is clear of obstructions.
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(military, historical, rare) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
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(historical) A signal made by burning lights of different colours, used by vessels at sea, and in the life-saving service.
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A bridge with a (usually wooden) house-like structure covering it, to protect it from the elements.
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That spans or crosses over or under a harbour.
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A tunnel linking two parallel main tunnels.
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The horizontal member of a cross-shaped object, such as the horizontal bar of power poles or telephone poles.
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(by extension) A centrally located position
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(transport, civil engineering) A tunnel driven through a pass at fairly high altitude to minimize the length of tunnel required, at the cost of requiring steeper and more winding routes up to each end of the tunnel.
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A horizontal moulding fixed to an interior wall about 4-5 feet above the floor.
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(shipbuilding) A storm shutter fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery door.
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(architecture, Southern US) A breezeway, open passageway, or open hallway between two sections of a house.
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(rare) Alternative spelling of drawbridge [A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).]
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Alternative spelling of drawbridge [A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).]
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Spanned by, or furnished with, a drawbridge.
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(engineering) The operational span of a drawbridge
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A kerb of reduced height to allow vehicles access to properties adjoining a road, or to assist wheelchair users.
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A wildlife crossing bridge or tunnel, allowing animals to cross roads; usually covered with turf and foliage.
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Furnished with an elevator.
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(structural engineering) The end of the structural element which is under shear loading.
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(transitive, rail transport) To connect (rails) together using a fishplate.
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(architecture) An overhead walkway built across a courtyard or atrium space within a building.
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A bridge over a road, railway, river, etc for pedestrians.
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(rare) Spanned by a footbridge.
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Alternative form of forbar [(obsolete, transitive) To bar in; to shut up.]
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(nautical) A raised platform or pilothouse at the front of the bridge.
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(architecture) An overhang created by an upper level cantilevered over the lower level of a barn; forebay.
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A bridge constructed of pieces of timber framed together.
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Of a railway carriage: furnished with a gangway.
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A massive scaffolding structure mounted on a bridge or platform supported by a pair of towers or trestles that normally run back and forth on parallel tracks, used to assemble and service a large rocket as the rocket rests on its launch pad.
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(of a staircase) Having the stairs supported by the wall at one end only.
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(informal) The Golden Gate Bridge.
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Any bridge with a substantial amount of greenery, gardens, etc.
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Alternative spelling of guardrail [A rail set alongside a dangerous place as a barrier, to improve safety.]
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Furnished with a guardrail.
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A type of viaduct built into a hillside, where only part of the road is supported by the structure.
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A rail which can be held, such as on the side of a staircase, ramp or other walkway, and serving as a support or guard.
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A drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside.
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(Britain) (usually) a single-arch bridge with steep approaches on either side
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Being a humpback bridge.
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an ice control structure on a river, to control flowing river ice, that spans the breadth of the river, and may have a traversable roadway on top
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A portal of a subway tunnel.
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The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.
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A modular concrete or plastic barrier designed to create walls that separate lanes of traffic or to block traffic.
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A scaffolding beam, resembling a ladder, composed of a pair of tubular members connected by struts
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(biogeography) An isthmus or other land connection between what at other times are separate land masses.
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Alternative form of land bridge [(biogeography) An isthmus or other land connection between what at other times are separate land masses.]
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A wedge-shaped kerbstone that allows a vehicle to enter a driveway without a bump
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A drawbridge having a platform or leaf which swings vertically on hinges.
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A type of bridge for small spans in which the floor girders are rigidly secured at their extremities to supporting steel legs, driven into the ground as piling, or resting on mudsills.
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(Hong Kong) A building specifically built for enclosing lifts (elevators), sometimes including stairs.
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A simply supported plank over a stream used as a footbridge.
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A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.
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A kind of drawbridge used mainly to move vehicles on and off a ro-ro vessel or ferry.
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A designated place at the side of a street where a vehicle can be loaded or unloaded.
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(Usually) one of a pair of gates at each end of a lock chamber on a canal, or river with a weir.
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An engineered route for transporting logs over a dam.
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usually any bridge over a roadway under which vehicles above a certain height cannot pass, as well as high loads.
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(engineering, military) A portable, prefabricated truss bridge, designed for use by military engineering units. A recent development from the older Bailey bridge.
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The length of suspended roadway between the towers of a bridge.
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(engineering) In structural engineering, the point on a flexural member (typically a beam, girder, or spandrel panel) that is equidistant from the two end supports.
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A bridge that may be moved in order to open a safe waterway for watercraft.
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A sturdy supporting post at one end or at a turning point of a staircase banister railing, often topped with a decorative finial.
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A cross symbol in the rectangular field of a flag, with the centre of the cross shifted towards the hoist.
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(engineering) A bridge connecting the parts of an estate separated by a road, railway, or canal.
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Alternative form of overbridge [(Britain) A bridge that allows traffic to pass over a road, river, railway etc.]
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Material or structure that forms a bridge over something else.
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(bridge-building) Having the truss above the roadway.
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(US) A framed, window-like aperture in the interior wall of a house, usually between a kitchen and dining room, through which items (especially food) can be passed. A serving hatch.
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A passageway or corridor.
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(historical) An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
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A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
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A form of drawbridge in which one span, called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical axis.
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A walkway consisting of a series of planks.
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A movable gangway between the platforms of two railway carriages.
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Synonym of Plimsoll line
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Alternative spelling of plumb line [A cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line; a plummet.]
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A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a Saint Andrew's cross.
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Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.
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A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
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Obsolete form of portass. [(obsolete) A breviary; a prayer book.]
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Obsolete form of portcullis. [A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the entrance to a castle, fort, etc.]
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Alternative form of porte cochère [(historical) A gateway through which horse carriages pass, often into a courtyard.]
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A porch, or roof without walls over a driveway, next to the entrance of a building which a vehicle can stop in or under to allow passengers to embark or disembark without being affected by bad weather.
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Alternative form of porte cochère [(historical) A gateway through which horse carriages pass, often into a courtyard.]
adj
(obsolete) Having gates.
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(nautical) A window on a porthole.
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(obsolete) One who, or that which, bears or produces.
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A short low bridge of similar construction. Also called puncheon bridge.
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(Britain) a small triangular side window in a motor car
adj
(engineering) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
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The post of a canal's lock gate which abuts against the wall.
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An embankment adjacent to a railroad track.
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A bridge for railway transport
adj
Furnished with a rail or railing.
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A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.
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(Brunei, Malaysia) An access path cleared through vegetation to facilitate mineral exploration or the construction, safe operation and maintenance of power transmission lines or pipelines.
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A bridge intended for road traffic, which in most cases can also be used by pedestrians, especially if footpaths are provided.
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Alternative spelling of road bridge. [A bridge intended for road traffic, which in most cases can also be used by pedestrians, especially if footpaths are provided.]
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An entryway controlled by two doors or gates, each of which must be closed before the other can open.
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Alternative form of salt bridge [(chemistry) A connection, typically containing a gel, between the two halves of an electrolytic cell.]
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Alternative spelling of seamark [Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners, such as a hill or steeple.]
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Alternative spelling of sea lane [(nautical) A regularly used route for ocean-going vessels.]
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The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels.
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(Auto engineering) piece of bodywork, attached to the lower edge on the side of the vehicle for aesthetic improvement, performance enhancement or protection.
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A bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering.
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A walkway connecting buildings at a significant height above ground level.
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Synonym of skybridge: an elevated corridor connecting buildings above ground level.
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Alternative spelling of space bridge [(aerospace) Synonym of space elevator]
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(video games, Minecraft) To build a bridge under oneself using one of several techniques which minimize the amount of crouching, resulting in a significantly faster pace of contruction.
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A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.
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A tower with stairs on the inside.
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starling; cutwater (structure protecting a bridge)
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A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge.
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A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling.
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A floor or level of a building or ship.
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The earth or gravel that the railway tracks are embedded in.
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(transport, civil engineering) A culmination tunnel.
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A bridge whose deck or roadway is suspended from cables.
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A movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its centre of gravity, about which the turning span can then pivot horizontally.
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Alternative form of swing bridge [A movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its centre of gravity, about which the turning span can then pivot horizontally.]
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The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
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(Britain) The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
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A bridge whose floor is supported by the lower chords of the tissues instead of the upper, so that travel is between the trusses and not over them.
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Alternative form of tie plate [(rail transport) A steel plate used on rail tracks between flanged T rail and the crossties.]
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Crossing the San Francisco Bay.
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A bridge supported on a system of trestles.
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A system of trestles, especially one used to support a bridge.
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A system of trestles, especially one used to support a bridge.
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Alternative form of trundle [A low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed.]
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A bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss.
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(military) A work erected at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.
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Umbrella bridge, a bridge in more than one direction. An umbrella bridge was built over Oxford Circus in 1963 to allow traffic to drive over it while excavation took place below it to create a new ticket hall for the London Underground as part of construction of the Victoria Line.
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(Britain) A bridge that allows traffic to pass under a road, river, railway etc.
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A separate floor in a car, bolted onto the underside of the monocoque.
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A design of lifting bridge for road and/or rail traffic where the span is lifted at both ends, remaining horizontal and not tilting.
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(transport) A bridge with several spans that carries road or rail traffic over a valley or other obstacles.
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A type of support structure used in excavations.
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(plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.
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(UK) a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.
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A man who operates a weighbridge.
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A small gate or door, especially one built into a large one.
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A bridge over a motorway that allows wildlife to safely cross over.
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Alternative spelling of Oresund Bridge. [A road–rail bridge across Oresund between Sweden and Denmark.]
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Alternative spelling of Oresund Bridge. [A road–rail bridge across Oresund between Sweden and Denmark.]
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