Meaning of Overpass | Babel Free
ˈəʊvə(ɹ)pæsDefinitions
A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.
Canada, Philippines, US
Equivalents
Български
на́длез
Čeština
nadjezd
Deutsch
Überführung
Ελληνικά
ανισόπεδη διάβαση
हिन्दी
उपरिगामी सेतु
Magyar
felüljáró
Bahasa Indonesia
jalan layang
ქართული
მიწისზედა გადასასვლელი
한국어
횡단육교
Македонски
надвозник
Português
viaduto
Examples
“The homeless man had built a little shelter, complete with cook-stove, beneath a concrete overpass.”
“By visible evidence, this Saturday morning is a comparatively placid one. Earlier in the week a young man had died after being stabbed in a flat, and from the overpass at Archway Road, darkly referred to as “suicide bridge,” another man had jumped to his death.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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