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noun
Geology. an actual or hypothetical strip of land, subject to submergence, that connects adjacent continental landmasses and serves as a route of dispersal for plants and animals: a prehistoric land bridge between Asia and North America.
a transcontinental rail route between countries, as those in Europe and the Far East, considered faster and less costly than all-sea routes.
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Also land·bridge [land-brij]. /ˈlændˌbrɪdʒ/.
Origin of land bridge
First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby land bridge
landau, landaulet, land bank, landboard, land breeze, land bridge, land contract, land crab, Land Dayak, Landdrost, landed
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British Dictionary definitions for land bridge
land bridge
noun
(in zoogeography) a connecting tract of land between two continents, enabling animals to pass from one continent to the other
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