Bridge
(n.) A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other. |
Bridge
(n.) Anything supported at the ends, which serves 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. |
Bridge
(n.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument. |
Bridge
(n.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit. |
Bridge
(n.) A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc. |
Bridge
(v. t.) To build a bridge or bridges on or over |
Bridge
(v. t.) To open or make a passage, as by a bridge. |
Bridge
(v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty |
Bridge-ward
(n.) A bridge keeper |
Bridge-ward
(n.) The principal ward of a key. |
Hanging
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hang |
Hanging
(a.) Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. |
Hanging
(a.) Suspended from above |
Hanging
(a.) Adapted for sustaining a hanging object |
Hanging
(n.) The act of suspending anything |
Hanging
(n.) Death by suspension |
Hanging
(n.) That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window |
Suspension
(n.) The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended |
Suspension
(n.) Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation |
Suspension
(n.) Of labor, study, pain, etc. |
Suspension
(n.) Of decision, determination, judgment, etc. |
Suspension
(n.) Of the payment of what is due |
Suspension
(n.) Of punishment, or sentence of punishment. |
Suspension
(n.) Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc. |
Suspension
(n.) Of the action or execution of law, etc. |
Suspension
(n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay |
Suspension
(n.) The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining |
Suspension
(n.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed. |
Suspension
(n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary. |
Suspension
(n.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation. |
Water bridge
() See Water table. |
Wheatstone's bridge
() See under Bridge. |
| suspension temporary removal | a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc) |
| bridge | any of various card games based on whist for four players |
| bridge whist | the earliest form of bridge, the dealer could name the trump suit |
| auction auction bridge | a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game, now generally superseded by contract bridge |
| contract contract bridge | a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid |
suspension
dangling
hanging | the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely), there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait |
| hanging | a form of capital punishment, victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead, in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment |
| hanging fly | any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae |
| Angostura Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Orinoco River at Ciudad Bolivar |
| Bailey bridge | a temporary bridge designed for rapid construction |
| Baton Rouge Bridge | a cantilever bridge across the Mississippi at Baton Rouge |
| Bayonne Bridge | a steel arch bridge connecting New Jersey and Staten Island at Bayonne, New Jersey |
| Benjamin Franklin Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Delaware River |
| Bosporus Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Bosporus at Istanbul |
bridge
span | a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. |
| bridge bridge deck | an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands |
| bridge nosepiece | the link between two lenses, rests on the nose |
| bridge bridgework | a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth |
| bridge | a wooden support that holds the strings up |
| bridge bridge circuit | a circuit consisting of two branches ( arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected |
| Bronx-Whitestone Bridge | a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City |
| Brooklyn Bridge | a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City, opened in |
| cantilever bridge | bridge constructed of two cantilevers that meet in the middle |
| Commodore John Barry Bridge | a cantilever bridge in Chester, Pennsylvania |
| covered bridge | a bridge whose passageway is protected by a roof and enclosing sides |
| Delaware Memorial Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Delaware River |
drawbridge
lift bridge | a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it |
flying bridge
flybridge
fly bridge
monkey bridge | the highest navigational bridge on a ship, a small (often open) deck above the pilot house |
footbridge
overcrossing
pedestrian bridge | a bridge designed for pedestrians |
| George Washington Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey |
| Golden Gate Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Golden Gate |
| Greater New Orleans Bridge | twin cantilever bridges across the Mississippi at New Orleans |
hanging
wall hanging | decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window, the cold castle walls were covered with hangings |
| Hanging Gardens of Babylon | a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates, construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around BC |
| Humber Bridge | a suspension bridge at Hull, England, , feet long |
| jet bridge | an extendible bridge for loading passengers onto large commercial airplanes, provides protected access to the plane from the gate |
| Kammon Strait Bridge | a suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu |
| Mackinac Bridge | a suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan |
| Minato Ohashi Bridge | cantilever bridge at Osaka, Japan |
| monkey bridge | a high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room |
| New River Gorge Bridge | a steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia |
| Pierre Laporte Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at Quebec |
pontoon bridge
bateau bridge
floating bridge | a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons |
| Quebec Bridge | a cantilever bridge in Quebec |
| Queensboro Bridge | a cantilever bridge across the East River between Manhattan and Queens |
| rope bridge | a bridge consisting of ropes |
| steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |
suspension
suspension system | a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle |
| suspension bridge | a bridge that has a roadway supported by cables that are anchored at both ends |
| Sydney Harbor Bridge | a steel arch bridge in Sydney, Australia |