noun · rare

ledge

ledge · ledges

полиця

край, полка, слой, выступ

Sims, Schicht, Band, Lage

A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surfaceA narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.

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/lɛd͡ʒ/

» Tom stepped away from the ledge.

Том отошёл от края.

Meaning

10 senses

A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
A shelf on which articles may be laid.
A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
Bord, Regalbrett, Sims
по́лкаpólka, вы́ступvýstup, усту́пustúp
A layer or stratum.
Lage, Schicht
шельфšelʹf, слойsloj
A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
Ader, Schicht
за́лежьzáležʹ, пластplast
A (door or window) lintel.
Sturz
A cornice.
Gesims
A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
(Canada, slang)A provincial or territorial legislature building.
(Canada, slang)A provincial or territorial legislative assembly.

More definitions

a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

Examples

22 sentences

Tom stepped away from the ledge.
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Tom carefully stepped back from the ledge.
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Tom moved away from the ledge.
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Two cats balanced on a ledge.
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The woodlouse crawled across the window ledge.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 4

shelf:

of rocks:

layer:

lode:

Deutsch

By meaning 6

shelf:

of rocks:

layer:

lode:

lintel:

cornice:

Origin

From Middle English legge, from Old English leċġ (“bar, crossbeam”), from Proto-West Germa

From Middle English legge, from Old English leċġ (“bar, crossbeam”), from Proto-West Germanic *laggju (“layer, strip, ledge, rung, bar”), from Proto-Germanic *lagjō (“layer, stratum”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, recline”). Cognate with West Frisian lêch (“a layer of sheaves on a threshing floor”), Dutch leg (“layer”), German Low German Legg (“wrinkle, fold, flat layer, stratum”), Middle High German legge, lecke (“position, layer, stratum, tier; pleat, hem”). Related to Middle English leggen (“to lay, apply”), from Old English leċġan (“to lay”); and Old English *ġeleċġ (“positioning, arrangement, layout”) as in Old English limġeleċġ (“the disposition of the limbs, form, shape”). More at lay.

Shortening of legislature.

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Forms

plural: ledges

Singular	ledge
Plural	ledges

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Close in meaning

a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water:shelf