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Bridgehead

nounid 21467·updated May 18, 2026
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an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies

polysemous

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Variants

synonym
foothold
plural
Bridgeheads
possessive
Bridgehead's
pluralpossessive
Bridgeheads'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
§2
an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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