a structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc. across a river, road, or other obstacle

a bridge across the River Thames

a railway bridge

the elevated, enclosed platform on a ship from which the captain and officers direct operations

Talbot stepped across the two gunwales and made his way up to the bridge

the upper bony part of a person's nose

he pushed his spectacles further up the bridge of his nose

a partial denture supported by natural teeth on either side

the part of a stringed instrument over which the strings are stretched

ebony bridges and fingerboards

a bridge passage or middle eight

the support for the tip of a billiard cue formed by the hand

an electric circuit with two branches across which a detector or load is connected, used to measure resistance or other property by equalizing the potential across the two ends of a detector, or to rectify an alternating voltage or current

be or make a bridge over (something)

a covered walkway bridged the gardens

earlier attempts to bridge St George's Channel had failed

a card game related to whist, played by two partnerships of two players who at the beginning of each hand bid for the right to name the trump suit, the highest bid also representing a contract to make a specified number of tricks with a specified suit as trumps

she plays bridge once a month with a group of friends

Fitzgerald has a passion for bridge

a bridge club