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Bridg·es

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1.	Calvin Black·man Audio Help [blak-muhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, 1889–1938, U.S. geneticist.

2.	Harry (Alfred Bryant Ren·ton) [ren-tn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, 1900–1990, U.S. labor leader, born in Australia.

3.	Robert (Seymour), 1884–1930, English poet and essayist: poet laureate 1913–30.

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bridge¹ Audio Help (brĭj) Pronunciation Key
n.

A structure spanning and providing passage over a gap or barrier, such as a river or roadway.
Something resembling or analogous to this structure in form or function: a land bridge between the continents; a bridge of understanding between two countries.
1. The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
2. The part of a pair of eyeglasses that rests against this ridge.
3. A thin, upright piece of wood in some stringed instruments that supports the strings above the soundboard.
4. A transitional passage connecting two subjects or movements.
5. A long stick with a notched plate at one end, used to steady the cue in billiards. Also called rest¹.
6. The hand used as a support to steady the cue.
7. Any of various instruments for measuring or comparing the characteristics, such as impedance or inductance, of a conductor.
8. An electrical shunt.
A fixed or removable replacement for one or several but not all of the natural teeth, usually anchored at each end to a natural tooth.
Music
1. A thin, upright piece of wood in some stringed instruments that supports the strings above the soundboard.
2. A transitional passage connecting two subjects or movements.
3. A long stick with a notched plate at one end, used to steady the cue in billiards. Also called rest¹.
4. The hand used as a support to steady the cue.
5. Any of various instruments for measuring or comparing the characteristics, such as impedance or inductance, of a conductor.
6. An electrical shunt.
Nautical A crosswise platform or enclosed area above the main deck of a ship from which the ship is controlled.
Games
1. A long stick with a notched plate at one end, used to steady the cue in billiards. Also called rest¹.
2. The hand used as a support to steady the cue.
3. Any of various instruments for measuring or comparing the characteristics, such as impedance or inductance, of a conductor.
4. An electrical shunt.
Electricity
1. Any of various instruments for measuring or comparing the characteristics, such as impedance or inductance, of a conductor.
2. An electrical shunt.
Chemistry An intramolecular connection that spans atoms or groups of atoms.

tr.v. bridged, bridg·ing, bridg·es

To build a bridge over.
To cross by or as if by a bridge.

[Middle English brigge, from Old English brycg; see bhrū- in Indo-European roots.]

bridge'a·ble adj.

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bridge² Audio Help (brĭj) Pronunciation Key
n. Any of several card games derived from whist, usually played by four people in two partnerships, in which trump is determined by bidding and the hand opposite the declarer is played as a dummy.

[From earlier biritch (influenced by bridge¹), from Russian birich, a call, from Old Russian birichĭ.]

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Bridg·es Audio Help (brĭj'ĭz) Pronunciation Key
American labor leader. He organized the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) and served as its president for 40 years.

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Bridges, Robert Seymour 1844-1930.
British poet and essayist who was appointed poet laureate in 1913. He is best known for his philosophical poem The Testament of Beauty (1929).

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bridges
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United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)

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A structure spanning and providing passage over a gap or barrier, such as a river or roadway.

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Three Bridges, NJ Zip code(s): 08887

Twin Bridges, CA Zip code(s): 95735

Twin Bridges, MT (town, FIPS 75475) Location: 45.54336 N, 112.33265 W
Population (1990): 374 (232 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 59754

Twin Bridges, MO (town, FIPS 74254) Location: 37.55217 N, 92.59705 W
Population (1990): 44 (22 housing units)
Area: 22.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

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