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bridge strike

bridge strike noun: an instance of a vehicle or ship colliding with a bridge; most strikes by vehicles are by those which are too high to pass under a low overbridge.

Noun

bridge strike (plural bridge strikes)

  1. An instance of a vehicle or ship colliding with a bridge; most strikes by vehicles are by those which are too high to pass under a low overbridge.
    • Transport for London is providing detailed information on height restrictions on tunnels and bridges in the capital, in a bid to reduce the number of bridge strikes. [...] TfL is affected by at least two bridge strikes a month.2019 October 23, “Network News: TfL addresses bridge strikes”, in RAIL, number 890, page 18

Forms of bridge strike

pluralbridge strikes

Questions about bridge strike

What does bridge strike mean?
Bridge strike means an instance of a vehicle or ship colliding with a bridge; most strikes by vehicles are by those which are too high to pass under a low overbridge.
What part of speech is bridge strike?
Bridge strike is a noun.
What is the plural of bridge strike?
The plural of bridge strike is bridge strikes.

Words near bridge strike in the dictionary

  1. bridge rolls
  2. bridge route
  3. bridge routes
  4. bridge spider
  5. bridge spiders
  6. bridge strike
  7. bridge strikes
  8. bridge swallow
  9. bridge swallows
  10. bridge the gap
  11. Bridge Trafford

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