ledge
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- noun
- /lɛdʒ/
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- Ten minutes farther along, our flashlights illuminated a substantial ledge on the right side of the chamber.
- a narrow ledge
- a rocky ledge
- a stone ledge
It was a beautiful ledge, one of the folded cliffs he writes about.
- It was a beautiful ledge, one of the folded cliffs he writes about.
- These kids were jumping off the the side of a of like a ledge into.
- So these three pots which are going to go on the ledge, I've got three different ferns.
- Raise your arms, hook your fingertips over the window ledge.
- But now you take this phone and you hold it over a fifth story ledge in a mall.
Examples
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There were only about nine inches of ledge to stand on in some places, and the stone was flaking.
Academic text (2009) -
Henry, stay away from the ledge!
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Wish you would step back from the ledge, my friend.
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If you fall here, then you would first fall into that ledge, OK?
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Go to the ledge quick!
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Up in the corner on the ledge.
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I'm gonna stand on the ledge with you.
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Collins also revives and crawls up to a ledge on a mountain face.
Academic text (2013) -
The terracing of sandstone ledges began to get more distinct and larger in scale.
Fiction book (1991) -
While hiking, we carefully approached the ledge to get a better view of the valley below.
Synonyms
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A flat ledge of rock that juts out from a mountain or the sea floor
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Etymology
Ledge is easy to remember if you think of it as the word edge with an 'l' — a 'small edge' or shelf that sticks out. So a ledge is a narrow, flat surface that juts from a wall or cliff and can hold a nest or a person for a moment.