ridge
noun/rɪdʒ/
/rɪdʒ/
- a narrow area of high land along the top of a line of hills; a high pointed area near the top of a mountain
- walking along the ridge
- the north-east ridge of the Matterhorn
- We stood on the windswept ridge and looked down at the valley below.
- a raised line on the surface of something; the point where two sloping surfaces join
- The ridges on the soles of my boots stopped me from slipping.
- the ridge of the roof
- [usually singular] ridge (of high pressure) (specialist) a long narrow area of high pressure in the atmosphere
- a ridge of high pressure over the Atlantic
Word OriginOld English hrycg ‘spine, crest’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rug and German Rücken ‘back’.
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