About The Word Ledge
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Ledge
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What's The Definition Of Ledge?
[n] a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ledge: shelf Related Terms | Find terms related to Ledge: 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 See Also | ridge Ledge In Webster's Dictionary \Ledge\ (l[e^]j), n. [Akin to AS. licgan to lie, Icel.
liggja; cf. Icel. l["o]gg the ledge or rim at the bottom of a
cask. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] [Formerly written {lidge}.]
1. 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.
2. A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
3. A layer or stratum.
The lowest ledge or row should be of stone. --Sir H.
Wotton.
4. (Mining) A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable
mineral.
5. (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck,
placed athwartship between beams.
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