"bridging plate" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "bridging plate (plural bridging plates)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 September 8, Anthony Lambert, “On track for express parcels delivery”, in RAIL, number 939, page 41",
          "text": "\"Thanks to the deck of an articulated lorry being similar to the rail vehicle, all we needed was some hardstanding and a bridging plate. Sometimes it pays to keep it simple,\" he says.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A metal plate used to bridge a gap between a lorry or truck and a loading bay (or between two vehicles) for loading and unloading purposes."
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      "id": "en-bridging_plate-en-noun-6Xo4rPHd",
      "links": [
        [
          "loading bay",
          "loading bay"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bridge plate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bridging plate"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "bridging plate (plural bridging plates)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 September 8, Anthony Lambert, “On track for express parcels delivery”, in RAIL, number 939, page 41",
          "text": "\"Thanks to the deck of an articulated lorry being similar to the rail vehicle, all we needed was some hardstanding and a bridging plate. Sometimes it pays to keep it simple,\" he says.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A metal plate used to bridge a gap between a lorry or truck and a loading bay (or between two vehicles) for loading and unloading purposes."
      ],
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        [
          "loading bay",
          "loading bay"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bridge plate"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bridging plate"
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