footbridge
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈfʊtˌbrɪdʒ/
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pasarela
- We came to the railroad trestle and stepped down the gravel bank to the footbridge.
Examples
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A narrow footbridge across a nineteenth-century canal tinkles with the gentle sound of bells to scare off bears.
Academic text (2011) -
There are several forest trails, including one at the Wedgewood Road footbridge area.
Academic text (2010) -
"What might you hear when walking across the footbridge?"
Academic text (2011) -
To get there, it must cross a small footbridge.
Fiction book (1996) -
I told the professor I'd meet him at the footbridge in 15 minutes.
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I'm walking across the footbridge.
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There was a footbridge close to an old abandoned building that must have been a mill.
Fiction book (1993) -
Near your place, there's a footbridge to the beach.
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By studying his maps, he had seen that he could walk over the footbridge from Charing Cross to the hall.
Fiction book (1998) -
I told the professor I'd meet him at the footbridge in 15 minutes.
Synonyms
3
2.8
A raised path that lets people cross roads or rivers
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4.3
A bridge or path that lets people cross to the other side of a road
1
5.6
A bridge that people use to cross a road or train tracks
How Wide
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Footbridge is simply the parts foot and bridge, where foot means 'foot' or walking and bridge means 'a way across water or a road'. So a footbridge is a bridge you cross with your feet, not with cars.