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ledge (lej)

noun

  1. a shelf or shelflike projection
    1. a projecting ridge of rocks
    2. such a ridge under the surface of the water near the shore
  2. Mining a vein

Etymology: ME legge, prob. < base of leggen, to lay

ledge Related Forms

ledgy 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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