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land bridges

land bridges is the plural of land bridge.

Meaning of land bridge

Noun

land bridge (plural land bridges)

  1. An isthmus or other land connection between landmasses, chiefly one which existed during prehistoric times, by which it is theorized that animals and plants were able to spread from one landmass to another.
  2. A relatively fast rail or road route over land, especially one for transporting goods.
    • His reference to waves of lorries on the A55 that match ferry schedules may become dated. Until very recently, the A55 formed part of a land bridge between Ireland and continental Europe. However, when Britain left the European Union, ferries started to ply a direct sea link from Ireland, […]2021 December 29, Philip Haigh, “Rail’s Role in Unifying Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, in Rail, number 947, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25

Questions about land bridges

What is land bridges the plural of?
Land bridges is the plural of land bridge.

Words near land bridges in the dictionary

  1. land battleships
  2. land before time
  3. land breeze
  4. land breezes
  5. land bridge
  6. land bridges
  7. land bubble
  8. land bubbles
  9. Land camera
  10. Land cameras
  11. land clearer

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