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Synonyms for ledge

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lej
Phonetic Transcription : lɛdʒ

Top 10 synonyms for ledge
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Définition of ledge

Origin :
  • late 13c., "crossbar on a door," perhaps from Middle English verb leggen "to place, lay" (see lay (v.)). Sense of "narrow shelf" is first recorded 1550s; "shelf-like projection of rock" is from 1550s.
  • noun shelf
Example sentences :
  • The guillemot makes no nest, merely laying a single egg on a ledge.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • I cried out, and in a foolish effort to save him, I must have let go of the ledge to which I clung.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • The man who lay on the ledge of the grating was even chilled.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • I said: "Is that a ledge out in the field where sumachs and birches are growing?"
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
  • The Major's folded arms dropped off the ledge, as if they had been suddenly paralyzed.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • She was in a little tent now, not far from the base of my ledge.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • The ledge was covered with fine sand, as if on purpose for a duel.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • The ledge on which we were to fight formed an almost regular triangle.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • When the smoke had cleared away, Grushnitski was not to be seen on the ledge.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • It was after sunrise when they reached the ledge where codfish most do congregate.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
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