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FLOATING BRIDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does floating bridge mean? 

FLOATING BRIDGE (noun)
  The noun FLOATING BRIDGE has 1 sense:

1. a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoonsplay

  Familiarity information: FLOATING BRIDGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLOATING BRIDGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bateau bridge; floating bridge; pontoon bridge

Hypernyms ("floating bridge" is a kind of...):

bridge; span (a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.)

Meronyms (parts of "floating bridge"):

pontoon ((nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge)


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