bridge

noun

1. A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
2. The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
3. A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
4. The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
5. An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
6. The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
7. A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
8. A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
9. Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
10. A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
11. A similar position in gymnastics.
12. A connection, real or abstract.
13. A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
14. A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
15. A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
16. A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
17. An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
18. An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
19. A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
20. An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.