wooden bridge

collocation in English

meaningsofwoodenandbridge

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wooden
adjective
uk
/ˈwʊd.ən/us
/ˈwʊd.ən/
made ...
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bridge
noun
uk
/brɪdʒ/us
/brɪdʒ/
a structure that is built over a river, road, or railway to allow people and vehicles to cross from one side to ...
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(Definition ofwoodenandbridgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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And it follows that, ifwoodenbridgeis a phrase, then so is steel bridge.
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Another example that comes to my mind is of a narrowwoodenbridgewith a broken handrail.
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It is a privately ownedwoodenbridgeand is in a deplorable state.
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Thewoodenbridgeto which he refers, which is now being repaired, will continue to give useful service for many years to come.
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The river was first crossed with awoodenbridgein the 1850s.
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The main building was surrounded by a moat and accessible only over awoodenbridgevia a gatehouse on an island.
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The currentwoodenbridgewas built in 173239.
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It replaced an earlierwoodenbridgebuilt in 1889-1891.
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Awoodenbridgecrane (called a gantry) running throughout the entire space was restored to operation.
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A small table-likewoodenbridge("kudurai") -- about 2 x 2 x 2 inches -- is topped by a convex brass plate glued in place with resin.
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Three of its spans were swept away, and it was replaced with anotherwoodenbridge.
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Before this bridge, there was only a temporarywoodenbridgein summer and a ferryman in winter.
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The bridge collapsed in the 1870 flood, with a newwoodenbridgeopened in 1872.
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Awoodenbridgeover the moat connected the house to a large outer courtyard where there were extensive outbuildings.
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A 6,5 metres widewoodenbridgewith a mobile flap leading over the canal was added at the same time.
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They can be found on either side of a smallwoodenbridge.
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A decision in 1913 to construct a permanentwoodenbridgewith a steel swing section was intercepted by the plans to make the watercourse navigable.
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After extinguishing the fire works at the monastery 1959 by the inadequate bearing capacity of thewoodenbridgehas been obstructed, another bridge was begun.
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Thiswoodenbridgewas washed out by a flood at an unknown date.
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At the time, it was the longest and tallestwoodenbridgein the world.
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