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English meaning

  • bridge noun A structure built to carry a road, railway, or path across a river, valley, or other obstacle.
  • festoon noun A decorative garland or chain that hangs in a loose curve between two fixed points.

Senses

silta is used for these senses in English:

  • bridge (anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
  • bridge (dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
  • bridge (nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
  • bridge (music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
  • bridge (graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
  • festoon (astronomy) A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
  • pons (anatomy) A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ.

bridge — full definition

  1. noun A structure built to carry a road, railway, or path across a river, valley, or other obstacle.
  2. noun The bony or cartilaginous ridge along the top of the nose.
  3. noun A raised platform on a ship from which the captain and crew control and observe the vessel.
  4. noun A section of a song that connects two other parts, often building tension before a chorus returns.
  5. noun A trick-taking card game for four players in two partnerships.

festoon — full definition

  1. noun A decorative garland or chain that hangs in a loose curve between two fixed points.
  2. verb To decorate something abundantly, especially by hanging garlands or streamers over it.
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