Ledge
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English
Noun
Ledge (plural Ledges)- A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
- A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
- A layer or stratum.
- A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
- A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
- See lege.
Adjectives for Ledge
shaven; dangerous-looking; slippery; narrow; pine-clad; overhanging; rocky; dirty-backed; solid; basalt; shaded; craggy; projecting; bare; inaccessible; shelving.
Verbs for Ledge
clamber up—; cleave to—; cling from—; hover on—; hug—; lean from—; peer over —; pitch from—; scale—; teeter on—; totter on—; tumble from—; —gives way; — juts; —projects; —protrudes.
Thesaurus
band, bank, beam-end, bed, bedding, belt, billiard table, board, border, bordure, bowling green, brim, brink, brow, coast, coral heads, corbel, couche, course, dead flat, dead level, deck, earth, edge, esplanade, featheredge, flange, flat, flatland, floor, frame, fringe, gallery, gradin, gradino, ground, hem, hob, homaloid, horizontal, horizontal axis, horizontal fault, horizontal line, horizontal parallax, horizontal plane, horizontal projection, ironbound coast, labellum, labium, labrum, layer, ledges, lee shore, level, level line, level plane, limb, limbus, lip, list, mantel, mantelshelf, mantle, marge, margin, mean sea level, measures, overhang, overlayer, overstory, parterre, pitfall, plain, plane, platform, prairie, predella, projection, quicksands, ragged edge, retable, rim, rockbound coast, rocks, sandbank, sandbar, sands, sea level, sea of grass, seam, selvage, shallows, shelf, shoals, shore, shoulder, side, sideline, sill, skirt, stage, step, steppe, story, stratum, substratum, superaltar, superstratum, table, terrace, thickness, tier, topsoil, undercurrent, underlayer, understory, understratum, undertow, verge, water level, zone
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛdʒ
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