The Clue
Railroad trestles (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SPANS
Tags
Notes
The answer SPANS is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.
Related Clues
Arches
Bestrides
Bridges
Crosses
Durations
Encompasses
Ranges
Reaches
Stretches
Traverses
Bank structures?
Bridge parts
Centuries, e.g.
Crosses over
Gets across?
Goes across
Goes over
Hand measures
Paired horses
Pairs or bridges
Pairs of horses
Periods of time
Reaches across
Reaches over
Runs across
Teams of horses
Trestles, e.g.
Viaduct features
Forms an arch over
Golden Gate and Verrazano
Nine-inch measures
Wings have them
Definition
SPAN as a noun:
1. the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour"
2. the distance or interval between two points
3. (couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad) = two items of the same kind
4. a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
5. (bridge, span) = a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
6. (straddle, span) = the act of sitting or standing astride
SPAN as a verb:
1. (cross, traverse, span, sweep) = to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"