What is a bridge on a guitar?

Question

What is a bridge on a guitar?

Answer 1

It has two meanings on guitar; the first is the part at the bottom of the guitar that holds the strings up and the second is a music bridge when going from one verse to the next.

Answer 2

A bridge is a device for supporting the strings on a stringed instrument and transmitting the vibration of those strings to some other structural component of the instrument in order to transfer the sound to the surrounding air.