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   ledge

   /lɛdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, or other surface: "he heaved himself up over a ledge"
   • ▪ a window ledge.
   • 2. an underwater ridge, especially of rocks beneath the sea near the shore: "a reef ledge"
   • 3. a stratum of metal- or ore-bearing rock; a vein of quartz or other mineral.

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a strip of wood or other material fixed across a door, gate, etc.): perhaps from an early form of lay1. ledge (sense 1) dates from the mid 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ledged adjective
   • 2. ledgy adjective

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