Viaduct

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A series of spans or arches used to carry a road or railroad over a wide valley or over other roads or railroads.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A bridge with several spans that carries road or rail traffic over a valley or other obstacles.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. trestlework.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An extensive bridge, consisting strictly of a series of arches of masonry, erected for the purpose of conducting a road or a railway over a valley or a district of low level, or over existing channels of communication, where an embankment would be impracticable or inexpedient; more widely, any elevated roadway for which artificial constructions of timber, iron, bricks, or stonework are established. Compare aqueduct.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bridge    span   
    Variant
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bridge    trestlework    trestle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aqueduct    épergne    qanat    embankment    underpass    on-ramp    flume    nationalisation    carpool    trestle