Collocations for "bridge"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bridge" in context.
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bridge
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [tall, high, scary, long, beautiful, old] bridge
- a [suspension, covered, trestle] bridge
- a [freeway, pedestrian, bike] bridge
- the [London, Brooklyn, Golden Gate] bridge
- the bridge [fell down, collapsed, gave way]
- the bridge was [completed, built, constructed] in [1950]
- the bridge [links, connects, joins] (the two islands)
- [leaped, jumped] off a bridge
- the bridge to [Mexico]
- a bridge over [the Mississippi]
- a bridge in [Portland]
- a bridge from [Wisconsin] to [Minnesota]
- a bridge across the [water, freeway]
- bridges and tunnels
- the bridge of the [ship, vessel]
- the [commander, captain] is in the bridge
- [go, run, call up] to the bridge
- don't burn your bridges
- cards: [learn, play] bridge
- a [game, round, session] of bridge
- the [dentist, orthodontist] inserted a bridge
- a [lump, wart] on the bridge of her nose
- a bridge of [cultures, friendship, trust]
- UK: the [task, mission, challenge] was a bridge too far
- music: the bridge of the [song, track]
- bridge [span, support, strut]
- closed for bridge construction
- bridge [players, tournaments, championships]
- bridge the [river, gorge, ravine]
- [beams, a wooden plank] bridged the [ravine]
- (helped to) bridge the gap (between)
- bridge the [culture, generation, age] gap
- bridge the understanding of
- bridge the [topic, issue, transition]
- bridge the two [stories, theories, concepts] (together)
'bridge' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
arch
- canal
- career
- clearance
- commander
- connected
- crashed
- crossing
- design
- dizziness
- enemy
- engineer
- engineering
- exit
- fall
- fish
- gap
- generation
- golden
- gorge
- hide
- landmark
- link
- pedestrian
- pitch
- plank
- player
- pond
- postcard
- railway
- rainbow
- shaky
- skew
- span
- squat
- sustain
- throw
- toll
- toss
- tower
- trail
- tramp
- troll
- underneath
- upstream
- venture