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landbridge

landbridge is the alternative form 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

Forms of landbridge

plurallandbridges

Questions about landbridge

What is landbridge the alternative form of?
Landbridge is the alternative form of land bridge.

Words near landbridge in the dictionary

  1. landbocs
  2. landbook
  3. landbooks
  4. landborne
  5. landbound
  6. landbridge
  7. landbridges
  8. landcare
  9. Landcaster
  10. landchad
  11. landchads

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