ALL meanings of land bridge
land bridge
L l - noun land bridge 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. 1
- noun land bridge a transcontinental rail route between countries, as those in Europe and the Far East, considered faster and less costly than all-sea routes. 1
- noun land bridge in biogeography: an isthmus or other land connection between what at other times are separate land masses. 0
- noun land bridge (Ireland, Britain, travel terminology) Travel by ferry from one country, via another country by road, then by another ferry crossing to a third country. An example is from Ireland by ferry to the UK, by road to the opposite coast, then ferry to France. 0
- noun land bridge a connecting tract of land between two continents, enabling animals to pass from one continent to the other 0