bridgehead
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Is bridgehead a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.
2. (military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.Examples: "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."
3. (physical chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atomsphysical
Definition source: Wiktionary