Tower Bridge Word Search
This Tower Bridge (London) word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — architectural features, history, and surrounding places. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
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Words to find: TOWERS, BRIDGE, THAMES, VICTORIAN, GOTHIC, HYDRAULIC, BASCULE, SUSPENSION, RIVETS, STEEL, GRANITE, LONDON.
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Tower Bridge word list, defined
- 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.
- BRIDGE /brɪdʒ/ · noun, verb
- As a noun, a bridge is a structure carrying a road, path, or railway across an obstacle such as a river or road; it also means the card game for four players played in two partnerships. Related: span, viaduct, crossing, link.
- GOTHIC /ˈɡɒθɪk/ (British); /ˈɡɑːθɪk/ (US) · adjective; noun
- As an adjective, Gothic means relating to the Goths or their culture and language, characteristic of medieval European architecture, or evocative of a dark, eerie, and macabre atmosphere. As a noun, it can denote a member of the Goths or, collectively, the architectural style characterized by pointed arches and ribbed vaults. Related: medieval, barbaric, gloomy, macabre.
- HYDRAULIC /haɪˈdrɔːlɪk/ (British); /haɪˈdrɑːlɪk/ (US) · adjective
- Relating to or involving the movement, pressure, or transmission of force in a liquid, especially within a system using a confined fluid under pressure. Hydraulic systems commonly use oil or water to operate machinery, brakes, lifts, or other equipment. Related: hydrostatic, fluid-driven, pressure-driven.
- BASCULE /ˈbæskjuːl/ · noun
- A device or structure that works on the principle of a seesaw, in which a weight counterbalances a load; most commonly, a type of drawbridge raised by means of counterweights. Related: drawbridge, counterweight bridge, seesaw.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- GRANITE /ˈɡrænɪt/ · noun, adjective
- A hard, coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of quartz, feldspar, and mica, formed by the slow cooling of magma and widely used as a building and sculptural material. In figurative use, the word denotes exceptional hardness, permanence, or unyielding strength. Related: stone, rock.
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