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The definition of a ledge is a shelf or ridge that sticks out from something.
(noun)An example of a ledge is the cliff of a mountain that you can stand on.
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See ledge in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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
Origin: ME legge, prob. < base of leggen, to lay
Related Forms:
- ledgy adjective
See ledge in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A horizontal projection forming a narrow shelf on a wall.
- A cut or projection forming a shelf on a cliff or rock wall.
- An underwater ridge or rock shelf.
- A level of rock-bearing ore; a vein.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English, crossbar
Origin: , probably from leggen, to lay
Origin: , from Old English lecgan; see legh- in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- ledgˈy adjective
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