iron bridge

English

Noun

iron bridge (plural iron bridges)

  2. A bridge made of iron (any combination of cast iron and wrought iron), unlike newer metal bridges, which are made of steel.
    Hypernyms: bridge < infrastructure
    Coordinate terms: wire bridge, rope bridge, duckboard bridge
    The townsfolk were excited when the old wooden bridge was replaced with the first iron bridge that most folks had ever seen.


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