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bridgeworks

bridgeworks is the plural of bridgework.

Meaning of bridgework

Noun

bridgework (countable and uncountable, plural bridgeworks)

  1. A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
    • Just think. If you were some big shot like a casting director or something, I'd be staring into your bridgework, saying, 'Yes, Mr. Smearkase; no, Mr. Smearkase; not really, Mr. Smearkase. Oh! Mr. Smearkase, that's my knee!'1941, Sullivan's Travels
  2. The construction or repair of bridges.
    • Of these Stable Creek bridge, 16 miles from Westport, with ten 40 ft. spans and one 20 ft. span, set on a curve of 20 ch. radius, has been completed, and forms part of 2,290 ft. of bridgework now in position on the new route, which is expected to be in service early in 1941.1940 October, “Notes and News: New Zealand Developments”, in Railway Magazine, page 566
  3. The component parts of a bridge.

Questions about bridgeworks

What is bridgeworks the plural of?
Bridgeworks is the plural of bridgework.

Words near bridgeworks in the dictionary

  1. Bridgewater Triangle
  2. Bridgewaters
  3. bridgewire
  4. bridgewires
  5. bridgework
  6. bridgeworks
  7. bridgey
  8. bridging
  9. bridging day
  10. bridging days
  11. bridging ligand

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