lift bridge

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   a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it

   Synonymsdrawbridge

   Broaderbridge

Questions about lift bridge

What does lift bridge mean?

lift bridge means "a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it".

What is another word for lift bridge?

Close synonyms include drawbridge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lift bridge a common word?

lift bridge is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.