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lifting span

lifting span noun: a span of a bridge that can be raised to allow boats and ships through; these can have different forms.

lifting span: a span of a bridge that can be raised to allow boats and ships through; these can have different...
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Noun

lifting span (plural lifting spans)

  1. A span of a bridge that can be raised to allow boats and ships through; these can have different forms.
    • The vertical lifting span is raised on four reinforced concrete piers which are some 130 ft. high. […] The lifting span, which rises vertically between the towers, weighs 465 tons and is counterweighted by four 110-ton weights.1960 June, “New Lifting Bridge at Kings Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 388

Forms of lifting span

plurallifting spans

Questions about lifting span

What does lifting span mean?
Lifting span means a span of a bridge that can be raised to allow boats and ships through; these can have different forms.
What part of speech is lifting span?
Lifting span is a noun.
What is the plural of lifting span?
The plural of lifting span is lifting spans.

Words near lifting span in the dictionary

  1. lifting oneself up by one's own bootstraps
  2. lifting oneself up by one's own waistbands
  3. lifting shop
  4. lifting shops
  5. lifting someone's spirits
  6. lifting span
  7. lifting spans
  8. lifting the bar
  9. lifting the exponent
  10. lifting the lid
  11. lifting up

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