bridge

bridge1 [ brıdʒ ] noun ***

▸ 1 for crossing river/road

▸ 2 connection

▸ 3 part of ship

▸ 4 card game

▸ 5 thin upper part of nose

▸ 6 on musical instrument

▸ 7 artificial tooth/teeth

▸ 8 narrow piece of land

1. ) count a road, railroad, or path that goes over a river, over another road, etc., and the structure that supports it:

Go under the bridge and then turn right.

We walked across a wooden bridge.

a railroad bridge

2. ) count something that forms a connection between one group and another or between one situation and another:

bridge between: Her job, basically, is to create a bridge between the business community and the world of education.

bridge to: The new assembly is seen by many as a bridge to full independence.

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3. ) count usually singular the part of a ship from which it is controlled

4. ) uncount a card game, for four players who make two teams

5. ) count usually singular the thin part of your nose between your eyes

a ) the part of a pair of glasses that rests on your nose

6. ) count usually singular a small wooden part on an instrument such as the VIOLIN that holds the strings away from the main part of the instrument

7. ) count an artificial tooth or group of teeth that is fitted between natural teeth

8. ) count TECHNICAL a narrow piece of land that joins two places

bridge

bridge 2 [ brıdʒ ] verb transitive

to make something possible by getting rid of disagreements, differences, or difficulties:

Both parties seem implacably opposed to bridging their differences.

bridge the gap

to reduce the differences that separate two things or groups:

a fund that bridges the gap between students' needs and their incomes