ledge
noun/ledʒ/
/ledʒ/
- a narrow, flat piece of rock that sticks out from a cliff
- seabirds nesting on rocky ledges
- The climbers were clinging to a ledge hundreds of feet above the sea.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- wide
- narrow
- …
- cling to
- be perched on
- run
- along a/the ledge
- on a/the ledge
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- a narrow flat shelf fixed to a wall, especially one below a window
- She put the vase of flowers on the window ledge.
Extra Examples- The man climbed out of the living room window of a fourth-storey flat and sat on the ledge.
- I felt along the ledge at the top of the door.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- wide
- narrow
- …
- cling to
- be perched on
- run
- along a/the ledge
- on a/the ledge
see also sill, window ledge
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a strip of wood or other material fixed across a door, gate, etc.): perhaps from an early form of lay (verb). The current senses date from the mid 16th cent.
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