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/ˈdɹɔːbɹɪd͡ʒ/
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A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Near-synonym: bascule bridge
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bascule bridge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lifting bridge, movable bridge, bridge, infrastructure
A tendency to provide only limited access.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, figuratively
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lift bridge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bridge, span
Inherited from Middle English drawebrigge; by surface analysis, draw + bridge.
Across languages
Translations 41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian :
բարձրացնովի կամուրջ
(barjracʻnovi kamurǰ)
— bridge which can be raised
Azerbaijani :
açıla bilən körpü
— bridge which can be raised
Basque :
zubi altxagarri
— bridge which can be raised
Catalan :
pont llevadís
— bridge which can be raised
Chinese Mandarin :
釣橋 /钓桥
(diàoqiáo)
— bridge which can be raised
Chinese Mandarin :
弔橋 /吊桥
(diàoqiáo)
— bridge which can be raised
Chinese Mandarin :
吊橋 /吊桥
(diàoqiáo)
— bridge which can be raised
Czech :
padací most
— bridge which can be raised
Danish :
vindebro
— bridge which can be raised
Dutch :
ophaalbrug
— bridge which can be raised
Dutch :
valbrug
— bridge which can be raised
Esperanto :
levoponto
— bridge which can be raised
Estonian :
tõmbesild
— bridge which can be raised
Estonian :
tõstesild
— bridge which can be raised
Finnish :
laskusilta
— bridge which can be raised
Finnish :
läppäsilta
— bridge which can be raised
Finnish :
nostosilta
— bridge which can be raised
French :
pont-levis
— bridge which can be raised
German :
Zugbrücke
— bridge which can be raised
Hindi :
कलदार सेतु
(kaldār setu)
— bridge which can be raised
Hungarian :
felvonóhíd
— bridge which can be raised
Icelandic :
vindubrú
— bridge which can be raised
Irish :
droichead tógála
— bridge which can be raised
Italian :
ponte levatoio
— bridge which can be raised
Japanese :
跳ね橋
(hanebashi)
— bridge which can be raised
Korean :
도개교
(dogaegyo)
— bridge which can be raised
Latvian :
paceļamais tilts
— bridge which can be raised
Lithuanian :
pakeliamasis tiltas
— bridge which can be raised
Luxembourgish :
Falbréck
— bridge which can be raised
Middle English :
drawebrigge
— bridge which can be raised
Polish :
most zwodzony
— bridge which can be raised
Portuguese :
ponte levadiça
— bridge which can be raised
Russian :
разводно́й мост
(razvodnój most)
— bridge which can be raised
Spanish :
puente levadizo
— bridge which can be raised
Sundanese :
ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮒ᮪
(sasak angkat)
— bridge which can be raised
Swedish :
vindbrygga
— bridge which can be raised
Ottoman Turkish :
قلقار كوپری
(kalkar köprü)
— bridge which can be raised
Vietnamese :
cầu sắt
— bridge which can be raised
Volapük :
lötirapon
— bridge which can be raised
Volapük :
tulapon
— bridge which can be raised
Welsh :
pont godi
— bridge which can be raised
