different between bridgework vs pulpit

English

Etymology

From bridge +? -work

Noun

bridgework (countable and uncountable, plural bridgeworks)

1. (dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
   • 1941, "Sullivan's Travels":

     Just think. If you were some big shot like a casting director or something, I'd be staring into your bridgework, saying, 'Yes, Mr. Smearkase; no, Mr. Smearkase; not really, Mr. Smearkase. Oh! Mr. Smearkase, that's my knee!'

2. The construction or repair of bridges.
3. The component parts of a bridge.

Translations

References

• “bridgework”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

From Middle English pulpit, from Old French pulpite and Latin pulpitum (“platform”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?lp?t/, /?p?l-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?lp?t/, /?p?l-/
• Hyphenation: pul?pit

Noun

pulpit (plural pulpits)

1. A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.
2. Activity performed from a church pulpit, in other words, preaching, sermons, religious teaching, the preaching profession, preachers collectively or an individual preaching position; by extension: bully pulpit.
3. A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker.
4. (nautical) The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred to as bow pulpit. The railing at the stern of the boat is sometimes referred to as a stern pulpit; other texts use the term pushpit.
5. A bow platform for harpooning.
6. (Britain military slang, dated) A plane's cockpit.
   • 1941 March 24, Life, p. 85:

     In the slang of the Royal Air Force man, the cockpit of his plane is the ‘pulpit’ or ‘office’, the glass covering over it the ‘greenhouse’.

Synonyms

• (dated British slang for cockpit): office; see also cockpit

Derived terms

• bully pulpit
• wayside pulpit

Related terms

• ambo

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pulpet, pollepyt, pullpite, polepitt, pulpitte, pulpytt, pulpette, pulpite

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulpitum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pulpit/

Noun

pulpit

1. A pulpit (podium for religious oratory)
2. A podium for non-religious oratory.
3. (rare) A seat in a church for royalty.

Descendants

• English: pulpit
• Scots: poopit, poupit

References

• “pulpit, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-18.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin pulpitum (“platform”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pul.p?it/

Noun

pulpit m inan (diminutive pulpicik)

1. (computing) desktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)
2. pulpit, lectern

Declension

Further reading

• pulpit in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pulpit in Polish dictionaries at PWN