unbridgeable

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Definitions of unbridgeable word

noun unbridgeable a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like. 1
noun unbridgeable a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or phase between two adjacent elements, activities, conditions, or the like: Working at the hospital was a bridge between medical school and private practice. 1
noun unbridgeable Nautical. a raised transverse platform from which a power vessel is navigated: often includes a pilot house and a chart house. any of various other raised platforms from which the navigation or docking of a vessel is supervised. a bridge house or bridge superstructure. a raised walkway running fore-and-aft. 1
noun unbridgeable Anatomy. the ridge or upper line of the nose. 1
noun unbridgeable Dentistry. an artificial replacement, fixed or removable, of a missing tooth or teeth, supported by natural teeth or roots adjacent to the space. 1
noun unbridgeable Music. a thin, fixed wedge or support raising the strings of a musical instrument above the sounding board. a transitional, modulatory passage connecting sections of a composition or movement. (in jazz and popular music) the contrasting third group of eight bars in a thirty-two-bar chorus; channel; release. 1

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English brigge, Old English brycg; cognate with Dutch brug, German Brücke; akin to Old Norse bryggja pier

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

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