PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pedestrian bridge mean? 

• PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE (noun)
  The noun PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE has 1 sense:

1. a bridge designed for pedestrians

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bridge designed for pedestrians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

footbridge; overcrossing; pedestrian bridge

Hypernyms ("pedestrian 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.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pedestrian bridge"):

gangboard; gangplank; gangway (a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside)

jet bridge (an extendible bridge for loading passengers onto large commercial airplanes; provides protected access to the plane from the gate)