how to pronounce bridgehead

/ˈbɹɪdʒ.hɛd/

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bridgehead is pronounced in two syllables

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bɹɪdʒhɛd

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An example use of bridgehead in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… established bridgehead where Norwegian …”

meanings of bridgehead

noun:

  1. Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms.
  2. An area around the end of a bridge.
  3. A fortification around the end of a bridge.
  4. 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.

bridgehead frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bridgehead occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bridgehead can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bridgehead can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;

words with pronunciation similar to bridgehead

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