1
: a raised or projecting edge or molding intended to protect or check
a window ledge
2
: an underwater ridge or reef especially near the shore
3
Examples of ledge in a Sentence
birds perched on the ledge of a building
a ledge on the side of the mountain
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The rocky ledges around South Head are also used for nude sunbathing.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
Two people died at the waterfalls last year, a 48-year-old woman who fell from a ledge and a 27-year-old man who drowned days later.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2024
Rescuers found him on a small ledge, about 80 feet from the top of the peak and 400 feet from the bottom, the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Air Rescue team said in an Instagram post.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024
The lower section, now in the Correr Museum in Venice, shows two courtesans sitting on a balcony overlooking the lagoon where the hunters cavort, a vase perched on the ledge with a telltale flowerless stem rising from it.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
Two people died at the waterfalls last year, a 48-year-old woman who fell from a ledge and a 27-year-old man who drowned days later.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2024
Rescuers found him on a small ledge, about 80 feet from the top of the peak and 400 feet from the bottom, the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Air Rescue team said in an Instagram post.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024
The lower section, now in the Correr Museum in Venice, shows two courtesans sitting on a balcony overlooking the lagoon where the hunters cavort, a vase perched on the ledge with a telltale flowerless stem rising from it.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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“Ledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ledge. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
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ledge
noun1
: a projecting ridge or raised edge along a surface
2
: an underwater ridge or reef especially near the shore
3
: a narrow flat surface or shelf
especially
: one that sticks out from a wall of rock
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