bridgehead
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbɹɪdʒhɛd/
bridgehead (plural bridgeheads)
- An area around the end of a bridge.
- (military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.
- (military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
- (chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms
- (military) beachhead
- (chemistry) dibridgehead
- French: tête de pont
- German: Brückenkopf
- Italian: testa di ponte
- Portuguese: cabeça de ponte
- Russian: плацда́рм
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