overhang
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈoʊvərhæŋ/
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saliente
- The station platform and its protective overhang gone; now only flat bare earth.
- roof overhang
- cliff overhang
- caves and overhangs
We meet by the overhang, by the tree.
- We meet by the overhang, by the tree.
- Also, the roof has a slight overhang, so the water will not run down the walls, it will just fall down.
- Gone, destroyed their little lips where the step overhang, each one destroyed.
Examples
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From the office on the second floor, there is an overhang.
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But how could that be, since all the rock above the overhang was dry?
Fiction book (1999) -
We meet by the overhang, by the tree.
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You can kind of create an overhang like this on all four sides.
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Also, the roof has a slight overhang, so the water will not run down the walls, it will just fall down.
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There was still the rain, spattering on the overhang, hissing into the river.
Fiction book (1999) -
I spotted Paul pacing under the wheelhouse's overhang, glancing at a watch.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the lengthening gloom of evening, the stone overhang merged with the swirling snow.
Fiction book (1992) -
Then we stumbled upon this really idyllic place that's about 3,000 feet tall with an overhang of a couple hundred feet.
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The roof's wide overhang provides shade and keeps the walls dry during rain.
Synonyms
7
4.6
A part that sticks out from a surface like a balcony
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6.8
A part that sticks out from a surface
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8.6
A part that sticks out from a surface, like a bump on skin or rock
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4.3
The lower edge of a roof that sticks out from a building to keep rain away
A piece that sticks out from a surface, for example on a wall
Antonyms
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overhang comes from the parts over- 'above' and hang 'to be suspended', so an overhang is the part that hangs above and sticks out past its support, like the edge of a roof or a cliff.