Golden Gate Bridge Word Search
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco), as a word search. 12 words drawn from architectural features, history, and surrounding places sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Located in San Francisco.
Words to find: GOLDENGATE, SUSPENSION, CABLES, TOWERS, STEEL, RIVETS, PAINT, ORANGE, PYLONS, FOGHORN, FORTPOINT, SAUSALITO.
Diagonals are where most players stall. Once you are down to the last word or two, sweep the diagonals deliberately.
Golden Gate Bridge word list, defined
- SUSPENSION /səˈspenʃən/ · noun
- The state of being suspended or prevented from moving, operating, or continuing; a temporary interruption or postponement. It can also refer to a system that supports a vehicle and absorbs shocks, or to a mixture in which solid particles remain dispersed in a fluid. Related: delay, halt, interruption, postponement.
- CABLES /ˈkeɪbəlz/ · noun (plural); also verb
- Thick, strong ropes of twisted wire or fiber used to support, suspend, or transmit power and signals; also the plural of cable as a unit of nautical distance. As a verb, it means to send a message by telegraph or to fasten with a cable. Related: wires, cords, lines, hawsers.
- TOWERS /ˈtaʊərz/ · noun, verb
- As a plural noun, towers refers to tall, narrow structures, such as buildings, observation towers, or communications masts. As a verb, towers means to rise or stand high above something. Related: structures, spires, steeples, columns.
- STEEL /stiːl/ · noun, verb, adjective
- Steel is a hard, strong, usually silvery-gray alloy made primarily from iron and carbon. As a verb, it means to make something hard or strong, especially mentally; as an adjective, it means made of steel or, figuratively, firm and resolute. Related: iron, metal, alloy, resolve.
- RIVETS /ˈrɪvɪts/ · noun (plural), verb (third-person singular present tense)
- Rivets are permanent fasteners made of metal, with a cylindrical shaft and a flattened head, used to join metal or other materials together. As a verb, rivets means to fasten with rivets or to hold someone’s attention intensely. Related: fasteners, bolts, pins, clinch.
- PAINT /peɪnt/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, paint is a coloured substance applied to a surface as a coating, as well as the act or result of making a painted picture. As a verb, paint means to apply paint to a surface, depict something in paint, or describe or portray something vividly in words. Related: coat, colour, pigment, depict.
- ORANGE /ˈɒrɪndʒ/ (British); /ˈɔːrɪndʒ/ (US) · noun, adjective, and verb
- The round citrus fruit of the evergreen tree Citrus sinensis, which has a sweet or tart, juicy flesh and a tough, fragrant peel. As an adjective, it describes the color between yellow and red; as a verb, it means to color something orange. Related: tangerine, citrus, amber, tangerine color.
- FOGHORN /ˈfɒɡhɔːrn/ (US: /ˈfɔːɡhɔːrn/) · noun
- A horn, especially one on a ship or lighthouse, that emits a loud low-pitched sound as a warning to other vessels in fog. It also figuratively describes a very deep, loud human voice. Related: horn, siren, warning signal, fog signal.
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