Dictionary Definition
ledge n : a projecting ridge on a mountain or
submerged under water [syn: shelf]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛdʒ
Noun
- 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.
Translations
of rocks
lode
- Finnish: mineraalisuoni
- German: Ader
- Italian: filone °
timber
Extensive Definition
Ledge may refer to:
- Ridge, a geological feature
- Reef, an underwater feature
- Stratum, a layer of rock
- Ledge (band), French electropop
Synonyms, Antonyms 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