ledge

ledge

 (lĕj)

n.

1. A horizontal projection forming a narrow shelf on a wall.

2. A cut or projection forming a shelf on a cliff or rock wall.

3. An underwater ridge or rock shelf.

4. A level of rock-bearing ore; a vein.

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[Middle English, crossbar, probably from leggen, to lay, from Old English lecgan; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]

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ledg′y adj.

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ledge

(lɛdʒ)

n

1. a narrow horizontal surface resembling a shelf and projecting from a wall, window, etc

2. (Mining & Quarrying) a layer of rock that contains an ore; vein

3. (Geological Science) a ridge of rock that lies beneath the surface of the sea

4. (Physical Geography) a narrow shelflike rock projection on a cliff or mountain

[C14 legge, perhaps from leggen to lay¹]

ˈledgy, ledged adj

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ledge

(lɛdʒ)
n.

1. a relatively narrow, projecting part, as a horizontal, shelflike projection on a wall or a raised edge on a tray.

2. a more or less flat shelf of rock protruding from a cliff or slope.

3. a reef, ridge, or line of rocks in the sea.

4. a layer or mass of rock underground.

[1300–50; Middle English legge]

ledg′y, adj. -i•er, -i•est.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ledge - a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water shelf berm - a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope ridge - a long narrow natural elevation or striation

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ledge

noun shelf, step, ridge, projection, mantle, sill She had climbed onto the ledge outside his window

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Translations

صَفَّه، إفْريز شُبّاك، طُنْف

římsavýstupek

afsatssålbænk

SimsRand

περβάζι

rebord

párkány

stallur, hilla, sylla

sporgenzabalzacengiacornicionemensola

briaunaiškyša

dzegaklintsradzemala

avsatsframspringhylle

rímsavýstupok

polica

raf gibi çıkıntıuzantı

壁架

ledge

[ledʒ] N (on wall, of window) → alféizar m; (= shelf) → repisa f, anaquel m; (on mountain) → saliente m, cornisa f

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ledge

[ˈlɛdʒ] n

[window] → rebord m

[mountain] → saillie f, corniche f

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ledge

n

→ Leiste f, → Kante f; (along wall) → Leiste f; (of window) (inside) → Fensterbrett nt; (outside) → (Fenster)sims nt or m; (= shelf) → Ablage f, → Bord nt; (= mountain ledge) → (Fels)vorsprung m

(= ridge of rocks) → Riff nt

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ledge

[lɛdʒ] n (on wall) → sporgenza; (of window) → davanzale m; (of mountain) → cengia, cornice f

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ledge

(ledʒ) noun

a shelf or an object that sticks out like a shelf. He keeps plant-pots on the window-ledge; They stopped on a ledge halfway up the cliff. bank, rand صَفَّه، إفْريز شُبّاك، طُنْف издатина parapeito římsa; výstupek der Sims, der Rand sålbænk; afsats περβάζι, προεξοχήrepisa, alféizar eend, simss, kaljunukk طاقچه hylly rebord, cornicheאדן, מדף कगार polica, greda párkány tubir, langkan stallur, hilla, sylla ripiano; davanzale 棚状のもの (건물의) 선반 모양의 수평 돌기 iškyša, kraštas, briauna mala; dzega; klintsradze belebas richelhylle, avsats, framspringparapet, półka كړكى،اورسى parapeito pervaz; cornişă полочка; выступ rímsa; výstupok polica izbočen deo [fönster]bleck, hylla, avsats, list ชั้นที่ยื่นออกจากผนัง raf gibi çıkıntı, uzantı 壁架，岩架 планка; виступ کنگنی ، چھجا gờ; rìa 壁架

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ledge

n. borde.

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