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Word: Ledge
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (denoting a strip of wood or other material fixed across a door, gate, etc.): perhaps from an early form of lay. ledge (sense 1) dates from the mid 16th century
lɛdʒ
a narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, or other surface
Short Definition:narrow projecting surface
Examples:- he heaved himself up over a ledge
an underwater ridge, especially of rocks beneath the sea near the shore
Short Definition:underwater ridge
Examples:- a reef ledge
a stratum of metal- or ore-bearing rock; a vein of quartz or other mineral.
Short Definition:vein of quartz etc.
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