The order was to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines.
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Bridgehead
//ˈbɹɪd͡ʒhɛd//
Synonyms for "bridgehead" (56 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (28)
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
69 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- رَأْس جِسْر noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- رَأْس جِسْر noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Armenian
1 entries- պլացդարմ noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Belarusian
1 entries- плацда́рм noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Bulgarian
2 entries- плацда́рм noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
- предмо́стие noun (area around the end of a bridge)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 橋頭 /桥头 noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- 橋頭堡 /桥头堡 noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Czech
2 entries- předmostí noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- předmostí noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Danish
1 entries- brohoved noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Dutch
4 entries- bruggenhoofd noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- bruggenhoofd noun (fortification)
- bruggenhoofd noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
- landhoofd noun (area around the end of a bridge)
Estonian
1 entries- platsdarm noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Finnish
4 entries- sillanpää noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- sillanpää noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
- sillanpääasema noun (fortification)
- sillanpääasema noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
French
2 entries- tête de pont noun (fortification)
- tête de pont noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Georgian
1 entries- პლაცდარმი noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
German
3 entries- Brückenende noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- Brückenkopf noun (fortification)
- Brückenkopf noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Greek
1 entries- προγεφύρωμα noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Hungarian
2 entries- hídfő noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- hídfőállás noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Irish
2 entries- ceann droichid noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- ceann droichid noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Italian
1 entries- testa di ponte noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Japanese
1 entries- 橋頭堡 noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Kazakh
1 entries- плацдарм noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Korean
1 entries- 교두보 noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Latvian
1 entries- placdarms noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Lithuanian
1 entries- placdarmas noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Macedonian
1 entries- мостобран noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- brohode noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
- bruhode noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- bruhovud noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Polish
1 entries- przyczółek noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Portuguese
1 entries- cabeça de ponte noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Romanian
2 entries- cap de pod noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- cap de pod noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Russian
4 entries- плацда́рм noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- плацда́рм noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
- предмо́стие noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- предмо́стье noun (area around the end of a bridge)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mostobran noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- mostobran noun (fortification)
- mostobran noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
- мостобран noun (area around the end of a bridge)
Slovak
1 entries- predmostie noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Slovene
1 entries- mostišče noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Swedish
3 entries- brofäste noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- brohuvud noun (fortification)
- brohuvud noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Ukrainian
2 entries- плацда́рм noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- плацда́рм noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Uzbek
1 entries- platsdarm noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Welsh
4 entries- blaenladiad noun (fortification)
- pen y bont noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- talbont noun (area around the end of a bridge)
- troedle noun (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
He believed the invasion would happen elsewhere and it wasn't until late in the afternoon and long after the Allied forces had established a bridgehead that Hitler was convinced of the need to do something.
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