MONKEY BRIDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monkey bridge mean? 

• MONKEY BRIDGE (noun)
  The noun MONKEY BRIDGE has 2 senses:

1. a high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room

2. the highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house

  Familiarity information: MONKEY BRIDGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONKEY BRIDGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

platform (a raised horizontal surface)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fly bridge; flybridge; flying bridge; monkey bridge

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

bridge; bridge deck (an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands)