ledge

ledge  (lj)

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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ledgy adj.

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ledge

Noun

1. a narrow horizontal surface that projects from a wall or window

2. a narrow shelflike projection on a cliff or mountain [perhaps Middle English leggen to lay]

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

Translations

ledge [lɛdʒ] n [of window, on wall] → repisa, reborde m [of mountain] → saliente m

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ledge [lɛdʒ] n [of window, on wall] → rebord m [of mountain]; saillie f, corniche f

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ledge [lɛdʒ] n [of mountain] → (Fels)vorsprung m [of window] → Fensterbrett nt [on wall] → Leiste f

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ledge [lɛdʒ] n [of window] → davanzale m;

(on wall etc) → sporgenza; [of mountain] → cornice f; cengia

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ledge

n ledge [ledʒ]

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 římsa; výstupek sålbænk; afsats der Sims, der Rand περβάζι, προεξοχή repisa, alféizar eend, simss, kaljunukk طاقچه hylly, ulkonema, ikkunalauta rebord, corniche אֶדֶן, מַדַף कगार polica, greda párkány tubir, langkan stallur, hilla, sylla ripiano; davanzale 棚状のもの 선반 iškyša, kraštas, briauna mala; dzega; klintsradze belebas richel hylle, avsats, framspring parapet, półka parapeito pervaz; cornişă полочка; выступ rímsa; výstupok polica izbočen deo []bleck, hylla, avsats, list ชั้นที่ยื่นออกจากผนัง raf gibi çıkıntı, uzantı 壁架 планка; виступ کنگنی ، چھجا gờ; rìa 壁架