ledge

ledge
Synonyms and related words:
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

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ledge — [ledʒ] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from legge, an early form of LAY1] 1.) a narrow flat piece of rock that sticks out on the side of a mountain or cliff ▪ We crept carefully along the narrow ledge. ▪ He leapt onto a ledge of rock. 2.) a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ledge — [ ledʒ ] noun count 1. ) a narrow surface that continues out from the side of a cliff, wall, or other surface: They were perched on a narrow ledge near the cliff top. 2. ) a narrow shelf at the bottom of a window: SILL: a window ledge …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Ledge — may refer to:*Ridge, a geological feature *Reef, an underwater feature *Stratum, a layer of rock *Ledge (band), French electropop …   Wikipedia

  • ledge — index border, margin (outside limit) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • ledge — late 13c., crossbar on a door, perhaps from M.E. verb leggen to place, lay (see LAY (Cf. lay) (v.)). Sense of narrow shelf is first recorded 1550s; shelf like projection of rock is from 1550s …   Etymology dictionary

  • ledge — [n] shelf bar, bench, berm, bracket, console, edge, jut, mantle, offset, path, projection, reef, ridge, rim, route, sill, step, strip, tier, track, trail, walk, way; concepts 445,513 …   New thesaurus

  • ledge — ► NOUN 1) a narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, etc. 2) an underwater ridge, especially one of rocks near the seashore. ORIGIN originally denoting a strip of wood or other material fixed across a door or gate: perhaps from an …   English terms dictionary

  • ledge — [lej] n. [ME legge, prob. < base of leggen, to LAY1] 1. a shelf or shelflike projection 2. a) a projecting ridge of rocks b) such a ridge under the surface of the water near the shore 3. Mining a vein l …   English World dictionary

  • ledge — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high ▪ wide ▪ narrow, small ▪ window ▪ cliff, mountain …   Collocations dictionary

  • ledge — kent·ledge; ledge·less; ledge·man; ledge; ledge·ment; …   English syllables

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