ledge Definition
ledge (lej)
noun
- a shelf or shelflike projection
- a projecting ridge of rocks
- such a ridge under the surface of the water near the shore
- Mining a vein
Etymology: ME legge, prob. < base of leggen, to lay
ledge Related Forms
ledg′y adjective
ledge Synonyms
ledge
n.
ledge Usage Examples
Converse of object
- vegetate: Follow the thin vertical crack above until forced left into a wider crack, which leads to a vegetated ledge.
- overhang: Continue up through a groove to an overhung ledge.
- reach: Climb up to a ledge reached by the more direct approach.
- gain: Gain the ledge by an awkward move then escape right up the ramp.
- nest: Most colonies of seabirds breed on sandstone sea cliffs which weather into a series of suitable nesting ledges and crevices.
Preposition: at
meter: A steep start gains a ledge at 3 meters, then climb directly up the crack.
Adjective modifier
- sloping: Traverse right from the sloping gray ledge for 3m to a blunt arete.
- grassy: Pull onto the grassy ledge then climb the clean corner pulling out left at the top.
- rocky: Our final campsite, a raised rocky ledge just North of Owen Point, is the most stunning of all.
- narrow: The cave is entered by a narrow ledge of columns leading into the darkness.
- heather: The middle tier is divided by a diagonal heather ledge, running from bottom left to top right.
- precarious: It was perhaps fortunate there were no high trees or precarious ledges at hand.
Preposition: on
cliff: Perhaps that dates back to prehistoric times when on a ledge on a cliff was a pretty good place to be.
Noun used with modifier
- belay: I stamp on my belay ledge to keep cozy and climbing cautiously above my last piece of gear I feel absorbed.
- bilberry: Climb this direct to a narrow bilberry ledge at its top.
- grass: Start from a grass ledge below a short sharp arete.
- cliff: They may nest in tree holes, on cliff ledges or on buildings.
- window: Water had risen to window ledge height in parts of the resort.
- rock: Start on a sloping break beneath a rock ledge at 5m.
Preposition: of
rock: The pitch then continues in similar fashion past several ledges of loose rock to a slope at the bottom with yet more loose rock.
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