Synonyms for bridges
noun structure or something that makes connectionWord Origin & History
"causeway over a ravine or river," Old English brycge, from Proto-Germanic *brugjo (cf. Old Saxon bruggia, Old Norse bryggja, Old Frisian brigge, Dutch brug, Old High German brucca, German Brücke), from PIE root *bhru "log, beam," hence "wooden causeway" (cf. Gaulish briva "bridge," Old Church Slavonic bruvuno "beam," Serbian brv "footbridge"). For vowel evolution, see bury. Meaning "bony upper part of the nose" is from early 15c.; of stringed instruments from late 14c.
Example Sentences forbridges
The bridges were narrow, and some time passed before the army could get over.
There are between Omaha and Cheyenne but three bridges worthy of the name.
It builds the bridges into the future, over which the feet of every one of us will go.
Well, I think we won't talk about bridges here, at any rate.
Everybody lives on the river, the shores of which are united by ten bridges.
And the bridges are not of iron and concrete, but of rainbows and––moonshine!
The finest Roman bridges, however, were built in the provinces.
Not only were roads bad, but bridges were conspicuous by their absence.
Still, not a few had escaped, some by swimming, some by the bridges.
Did he leap at night from any of the bridges of the metropolis?