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Meaning of bridges

- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.
- A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.
- To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river.
- To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.
- To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over.

Crossword clue for bridges

- Card game
- Card game using top deck
- Connection between beachhead and top of mountain chain
- Dental device
- Game to record violin part
- Overpass
- Path over water
- Reach across
- River crossing
- Ship’s raised platform
- Ships raise platform
- Span
- Span across a river
- Structure for crossing a river
- Structure spanning a river
- The captain stands on it, even when going under it
- Top part of nose
- Arches
- River crossings
- Spans