ledge
noun
[ lɛdʒ ]
• a narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
• "he heaved himself up over a ledge"
Similar:
shelf,
sill,
mantel,
mantelpiece,
mantelshelf,
shelving,
projection,
protrusion,
overhang,
extension,
ridge,
step,
prominence,
spur,
jut,
bulge,
flange,
• an underwater ridge, especially of rocks beneath the sea near the shore.
• "a reef ledge"
• a stratum of metal- or ore-bearing rock; a vein of quartz or other mineral.
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.
