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. |
Carpet (n.) A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc. |
Carpet (n.) A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. |
Carpet (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a carpet |
Jinny road () An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. |
Maoadam road () A macadamized road. |
Road (n.) A journey, or stage of a journey. |
Road (n.) An inroad |
Road (n.) A place where one may ride |
Road (n.) A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore |
Surface (n.) The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth |
Surface (n.) Hence, outward or external appearance. |
Surface (n.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness |
Surface (n.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. |
Surface (v. t.) To give a surface to |
Surface (v. t.) To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold. |
Track-road (n.) A towing path. |
Water bridge () See Water table. |
Wheatstone's bridge () See under Bridge. |
Wilton carpet () A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile |
road | a way or means to achieve something, the road to fame |
royal road | an auspicious way or means to achieve something, the royal road to success |
on the road on tour | travelling about, they took the show on the road, they lost all their games on the road |
away game road game | a game played away from home |
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 |
road show | a show on tour |
road construction | the construction of roads |
carpet bombing area bombing saturation bombing | an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target |
road rage | violence exhibited by drivers in traffic |
carpet shark Orectolobus barbatus | shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin |
carpet snake Python variegatus Morelia spilotes variegatus | Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back |
carpet beetle carpet bug | small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics |
buffalo carpet beetle Anthrenus scrophulariae | a small black and red and white carpet beetle |
black carpet beetle | a carpet beetle that is solid black in color |
carpet moth tapestry moth Trichophaga tapetzella | larvae feed on carpets and other woolens |
access road slip road | a short road giving access to an expressway, in Britain they call an access road a slip road |
airfoil aerofoil control surface surface | a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air, can lift or control a plane in flight |
air-to-ground missile air-to-surface missile | a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground |
Angostura Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Orinoco River at Ciudad Bolivar |
arterial road | a major or main route |
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 |
beltway bypass ring road ringway | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center |
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 |
bridle path bridle road | a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars) |
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 |
Brussels carpet | a carpet with a strong linen warp and a heavy pile of colored woolen yarns drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern |
cantilever bridge | bridge constructed of two cantilevers that meet in the middle |
carpet beater rug beater | implement for beating dust out of carpets |
carpet loom | a loom for weaving carpeting |
carpet pad rug pad underlay underlayment | a pad placed under a carpet |
carpet sweeper sweeper | a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet |
carpet tack | used to nail down carpets |
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 |
driveway drive private road | a road leading up to a private house, they parked in the driveway |