Phrase Hound found 102 phrases and 48 compound words that contain bridges. The most common are listed below. Open bridges in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 102
- build bridgesOften followed by between or to: to establish friendly relations or links.
- bridges the gapthird-person singular simple present indicative of bridge the gap: To serve as or create a connection between disconnected or disparate things.
- Double BridgesA locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.
- Three BridgesA neighbourhood within the town and borough of Crawley, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2837).
- burn one's bridgesTo destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly intentionally.
- Sankey BridgesA suburb partly in Great Sankey parish, and in Great Sankey South ward, Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5887).
- arch bridgesplural of arch bridge: A bridge with abutments at each end shaped as an arch.
- building bridgespresent participle and gerund of build bridges
- covered bridgesplural of covered bridge: A bridge with a (usually wooden) house-like structure covering it, to protect it from the elements.
- draw bridgesplural of draw bridge: A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).
- floating bridgesplural of floating bridge: A bridge of rafts or beams of timber lying on the surface of the water.
- jet bridgesplural of jet bridge: An elevated, usually enclosed, corridor connecting an airport to an aeroplane for embarking and disembarking crew and passengers.
- land bridgesplural of land bridge: An isthmus or other land connection between landmasses, chiefly one which existed during prehistoric times, by which it is theorized that animals and plants were able to spread from one landmass to another.
- road bridgesplural of road bridge: A bridge intended for road traffic, which in most cases can also be used by pedestrians, especially if footpaths are provided.
- snow bridgesplural of snow bridge: An arc formed by snow across a crevasse or creek, etc.
- space bridgesplural of space bridge: A hypothetical cable, connecting the ground with space, which includes an elevator used to lift payloads or people into orbit.
- suspension bridgesplural of suspension bridge: A bridge whose deck or roadway is suspended from wire ropes (cables) or (for some pedestrian bridges) fibrous rope.
- swing bridgesplural 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.
- toll bridgesplural of toll bridge: A bridge at which a toll is charged for passage.
- water bridgesplural of water bridge: A bridge containing a navigation canal, allowing nautical transports to cross over the bridge on water
- Bailey bridgesplural of Bailey bridge: A portable, prefabricated truss bridge, designed for use by military engineering units.
- pedestrian bridgesPlural of pedestrian bridge: A bridge over a road, railway, river, etc for pedestrians.
- lattice bridgesplural of lattice bridge: A bridge whose sides consist of cross-framing like latticework.
- transporter bridgesplural of transporter bridge: A type of movable bridge that carries a segment of suspended roadway across a river.
- cable-stayed bridgesplural of cable-stayed bridge: A bridge where the deck is supported by cables (wire ropes) attached directly to pillars.
Compound words 48
- weighbridgesplural of weighbridge: a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.
- footbridgesplural of footbridge: A bridge over a road, railway, river, etc for pedestrians.
- CambridgesThe family of the Duke of Cambridge.
- aerobridgesplural of aerobridge: Alternative form of airbridge: an elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane.
- airbridgesplural of airbridge: The route and aircraft used to deliver material by an airlift.
- Bainbridgesplural of Bainbridge: A placename:
- Bracebridgesplural of Bracebridge: A placename:
- BridgestockA surname.
- Brownbridgesplural of Brownbridge: A surname.
- Corbridgesplural of Corbridge: A village and civil parish in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9964).