noun
Meaning 1
An area around the end of a bridge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bridgehead
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noun
Meaning 2
A fortification around the end of a bridge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 3
An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 4
Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: post, station
noun
Meaning 6
an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines
- the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foothold
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: combat zone, combat area
Narrower terms: airhead, beachhead
History
Etymology
Calque of French tête de pont, equivalent to bridge + head.
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: رَأْس جِسْر (raʔs jisr) — area around the end of a bridge
- Bulgarian: предмо́стие (predmóstie) — area around the end of a bridge
- Chinese Mandarin: 橋頭 /桥头 (qiáotóu) — area around the end of a bridge
- Czech: předmostí — area around the end of a bridge
- Dutch: landhoofd — area around the end of a bridge
- Dutch: bruggenhoofd — area around the end of a bridge
- Finnish: sillanpää — area around the end of a bridge
- German: Brückenende — area around the end of a bridge
- Hungarian: hídfő — area around the end of a bridge
- Irish: ceann droichid — area around the end of a bridge
- Romanian: cap de pod — area around the end of a bridge
- Russian: тет-де-по́н (tɛt-dɛ-pón) — area around the end of a bridge
- Russian: предмо́стье (predmóstʹje) — area around the end of a bridge
- Russian: предмо́стие (predmóstije) — area around the end of a bridge
- Russian: плацда́рм (placdárm) — area around the end of a bridge
- Serbo-Croatian: мостобран — area around the end of a bridge
- Serbo-Croatian: mostobran — area around the end of a bridge
- Swedish: brofäste — area around the end of a bridge
- Ukrainian: плацда́рм (placdárm) — area around the end of a bridge
- Welsh: pen y bont — area around the end of a bridge
- Welsh: talbont — area around the end of a bridge
- Dutch: bruggenhoofd — fortification
- Finnish: sillanpääasema — fortification
- French: tête de pont — fortification
- German: Brückenkopf — fortification
- Russian: тет-де-по́н (tɛt-dɛ-pón) — fortification
- Serbo-Croatian: мостобран — fortification
- Serbo-Croatian: mostobran — fortification
- Swedish: brohuvud — fortification
- Welsh: blaenladiad — fortification
- Arabic: رَأْس جِسْر (raʔs jisr) — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Armenian: պլացդարմ (placʻdarm) — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Belarusian: плацда́рм (placdárm) — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Bulgarian: плацда́рм (placdárm) — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Chinese Mandarin: 橋頭堡 /桥头堡 (qiáotóubǎo) — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Czech: předmostí — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Danish: brohoved — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Dutch: bruggenhoofd — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Estonian: platsdarm — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Finnish: sillanpää — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Finnish: sillanpääasema — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- French: tête de pont — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Georgian: პლაცდარმი (ṗlacdarmi) — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- German: Brückenkopf — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Greek: προγεφύρωμα (progefýroma) — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Hungarian: hídfőállás — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Irish: ceann droichid — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Italian: testa di ponte — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Japanese: 橋頭堡 (kyōtōho) — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Kazakh: плацдарм (plasdarm) — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Korean: 교두보 (gyodubo) — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Latvian: placdarms — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Lithuanian: placdarmas — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Macedonian: мостобран (mostobran) — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Norwegian Bokmål: brohode — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Norwegian Bokmål: bruhode — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bruhovud — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Polish: przyczółek — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Portuguese: cabeça de ponte — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Romanian: cap de pod — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Russian: плацда́рм (placdárm) — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Serbo-Croatian: мостобран — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Serbo-Croatian: mostobran — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Slovak: predmostie — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Slovene: mostišče — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Swedish: brohuvud — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Ukrainian: плацда́рм (placdárm) — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Uzbek: platsdarm — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
- Welsh: troedle — area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle
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